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Personal info

Full name
CAHILL, William John
Date of birth
22 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Whitinsville, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Cicero, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1314439
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
2 miles north of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 23

Immediate family

Members
Henry J. Cahill (father)
Jane I. (Gilmour) Cahill (mother)
Henry Cahill (brother)
Emma Cahill (sister)
Ethel M. Cahill (sister)
Andrew J. Cahill (brother)
Bernice V. (Motile) Cahill (wife)
Colleen Cahill (son)
William J. Cahill Jr. (son)

More information

2nd Lt William J. Cahill graduated from Riverside Brookfield High School and attended college for one year. He was employed by Ceco Steel Products before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 29 June 1942.

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 / Cahill Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery