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Personal info

Full name
THORSON, Willard Ernest
Date of birth
11 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Wittenberg, Shawano County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16093898
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 38 34

Immediate family

Members
Alfred C. Thorson (father)
Julia T. (Gregorson) Thorson (mother)
Rose V. Thorson (sister)
Austin T. Thorson (brother)
Gladys O. Thorson (sister)
Russel Thorson (brother)
Joyce Thorson (sister)
Carol (Voelz) Thorson (wife)

More information

Sgt Willard E. Thorson attended college and was a teacher before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 3 August 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America / 1920/1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: The Milwaukee Journal - 12 March 1945, Oshkosh State Teachers College 1938