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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, John E
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
California
Hometown
Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39702779
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 54

Immediate family

Members
John E. Williams Sr. (father)

More information

Pfc John E. Williams Jr. worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 11 August 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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