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Personal info

Full name
BALLARD, William M
Date of birth
6 September 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
St. Francis, Marion County, Kentucky
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
35105062
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merscheid-Hoscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 29

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Ballard (father)
Mary R. (Miles) Ballard (mother)
Joseph W. Ballard (brother)
Lee Ballard (brother)
Thomas L. Ballard (brother)
Lenard Ballard (brother)
James E. Ballard (brother)
Thadeus E. Ballard (brother)
Mary L. Ballard (sister)
James W. Ballard (brother)
Robert Ballard (brother)
Edgard M. Ballard (brother)
Leonard Ballard (brother)

More information

Pfc William M. Ballard worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Louisville, Kentucky on 17 June 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Kempf Griffin Family Tree/ U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery