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Personal info

Full name
O'BRIEN, William B
Date of birth
9 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Madison, St. Francis County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
O1308535
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Kerling-lès-Sierck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 55

Immediate family

Members
Thomas O'Brien (father)
Mazie (Staats) O'Brien (mother)
Alice O'Brien (sister)
Thomas E. O'Brien (brother)
Francis J. O'Brien (brother)
Rose I. O'Brien (sister)
Dorothy E. O'Brien (sister)
Mary C. (Bailey) O'Brien (wife)
William P. O'Brien (son)

More information

1st Lt William B. O'Brien attended Forrest City High School and was a farm owner.

He entered service on 24 December 1940 and served his Infantry basic training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. He was selected to attend Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, Georgia and sent to France in June 1944.

Lt O'Brien was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Alice Kennedy Lee, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Paul V. Isbell

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com - Alice Kennedy Lee