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Personal info

Full name
ROSENBAUM, William Carl "Willie"
Date of birth
30 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Saybrook, McLean County, Illinois
Hometown
Saybrook, McLean County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36771222
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 16 25

Immediate family

Members
August F. Rosenbaum (father)
Minnie S. (Gottschalk) Rosenbaum (mother)
August F. Rosenbaum Jr. (brother)
Lena M. Rosenbaum (sister)
Edna M. Rosenbaum (sister)
Carl L. Rosenbaum (brother)
Ellen P. (Wright) Rosenbaum (wife)
Richard A. Rosnebaum (son)
Carl W. Rosenbaum (son)

More information

Pvt William C. Rosenbaum was a chemist at the Wholesale Chemical Plant before he enlisted in December 1941. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman / www.newspapers.com - The Evening Courier - 14 March 1945
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