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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Rousseau Wilbur
Date of birth
2 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Panola, Panola County, Texas
Hometown
Marshall, Harrison County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38099540
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 32 45

Immediate family

Members
Marshall Williams (father)
Mary E. Williams (mother)
Gladys Williams (sister)
Addie M. Williams (sister)
James B. Williams (brother)
June Williams (brother)
Mary Williams (sister)
Douglas Williams (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Rousseau W. Williams was a driver before he enlisted in Camp Wolters, Texas on 17 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Marshall News Messenger