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Personal info

Full name
BASS, William Oma
Date of birth
16 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Cottle County, Texas
Hometown
Amherst, Lamb County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38077912
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
In the Lutrebois vicinity, nearby Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 43

Immediate family

Members
William F. Bass (father)
Lorena M. (Carpenter) Bass (mother)
Homer W. Bass (brother)
Elmer L. Bass (brother)
Annie F. (Simmons) Bass (wife)
James F. Bass (son)
Oma F. Bass (son)

More information

T/4 William O. Bass enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 5 May 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Bass Burger Family Tree, AAR 51rd Inf. Battalion August 1944 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hannah Majewski, www.newspapers.com