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Personal info

Full name
QUAM, William Doctor
Date of birth
25 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Roland, Story County, Iowa
Hometown
Roland, Story County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37682994
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St Jean, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 13 17

Immediate family

Members
William W. Quam (father)
Ida (Johnson) Quam (mother)
Laura E. Quam (sister)
Rueben A. Quam (brother)
Arin B. Quam (brother)
David O. Quam (brother)
Walter V. Quam (brother)
Annabel Quam (sister)

More information

Pfc William D. Quam attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Camp Dodge Harrold, Iowa on 11 December 1943.

His brother David was killed in action in Italy on 31 May 1944 and is buried at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findargrave.com, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dorian the Historian