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Personal info

Full name
NORRIS, William B
Date of birth
10 July 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Albany, Albany County, New York
Hometown
Albany, Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
32859153
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Clemery, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 40

Immediate family

Members
Arthur H. Norris (father)
Louise D. Norris (mother)
Catherine Norris (sister)
Janet D. Norris (sister)

More information

Pfc William B. Norris attended college for five years and was a salesman employed by the Oldtyne Distellers Corporation before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 22 May 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
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