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Personal info

Full name
TRUE, Willard
Date of birth
11 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35460361
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Truck Driver Light
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Manoncourt-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 22

Immediate family

Members
George D. True (father)
Chloe (Peyton) True (mother)
Robert True (brother)
Pauline True (sister)
Edgar True (brother)

More information

Pfc Willard True attended high school for one year and was an operator in a beverage production company before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 1 July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Floming-Lartis-Gaumer-Mclean Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com

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