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Personal info

Full name
WIGNALL, William H
Date of birth
25 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Hometown
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31427326
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Cocheren, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Ralph E. Wignall (father)
Mary (Roberts) Wignall (mother)
Robert E. Wignall (brother)
Thomas Wignall (brother)
Elsie Wignall (sister)
Ralph Wignall (brother)
Nellie Wignall (sister)
Harry Wignall (brother)
Edgar Wignall (brother)
Edith A. (Jeffreys) Wignall (wife)
Jenith Wignall (daughter)

More information

Pfc William H. Wignall attended college for two years and was a department head at Rook’s Furrier in Salem, Massachusetts before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 6 December 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in his leg and loin.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Brockbank Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent / Dolores Maxwell