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Personal info

Full name
PARADIS, William Joseph
Date of birth
5 November 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31446469
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 1

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Paradis (father)
Maria Paradis (mother)
Leo Paradis (brother)
Emma Paradis (sister)
Omer Paradis (brother)
Emile Paradis (brother)
Jeanne Paradis (sister)
Alice Paradis (sister)
Cecile Paradis (sister)
Ernest Paradis (brother)
Albert Paradis (brother)
Antoinette Paradis (wife)

More information

Pvt William J. Paradis enlisted on 29 October 1943 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Enlistment Record / 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, New Bedford Institute of Technology 1925