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Personal info

Full name
WALLIS, William Karsner
Date of birth
19 December 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Chesapeake City, Cecil County, Maryland
Hometown
Chesapeake City, Cecil County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33139042
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bouxwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 39

Immediate family

Members
Richard S. Wallis (father)
Elsie (Karsner) Wallis (mother)
Sarah K. Wallis (sister)
Archibald Wallis (brother)
John Wallis (brother)

More information

T/4 William K. Wallis attended high school for 4 years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 7 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Karsner Reed Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org
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