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Personal info

Full name
BILLINGSLEY, William H
Date of birth
13 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lockridge, Jefferson County, Iowa
Hometown
Lockridge, Jefferson County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37683707
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 70

Immediate family

Members
Samuel C. Billingsley (father)
Iva J. (Erickson) Billingsley (mother)
Donald Billingsley (brother)
Dorothy Billingsley (sister)

More information

Pfc William Billingsley attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 30 December 1943.
He is remembered at the Glasgow Cemetery in Glasgow, Jefferson County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Dorothy Swanson, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbook Lockridge Iowa, www.findagrave.com – Ben Bower / soilsister