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Personal info

Full name
WILLHOIT, Willard Ralph
Date of birth
6 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Longrun, Ozark County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37742564
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Near Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 19 27

Immediate family

Members
George W. Willhoit (father)
Clara (Bruer) Willhoit (mother)
Beulah R. Willhoit (sister)
Opal M. Willhoit (sister)
Conley B. Willhoit (brother)
Howard T. Willhoit (brother)
Mildred F. Willhoit (sister)
Helen I. Willhoit (sister)
Joan Willhoit (sister)
Dorothy V. (Noland) Willhoit (wife)
Ramona G. Willhoit (daughter)

More information

Pvt Willard R. Willhoit enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 6 May 1944.

He died by small arms fire to the head.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Wade Peters Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Gloria Barnes / Donna Kelly

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