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Personal info

Full name
O'CONNELL, William Henry
Date of birth
15 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31295480
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Moulins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 7 11

Immediate family

Members
Dorothy (Crampe) O'Connell (wife)

More information

Sgt William H. O'Connell attended high school for four years and was employed at the National Dock & Storage Warehouse Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 5 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his spine and trunk.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 8 January 1945
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