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DEWART, William Lewis - Date of
birth
19 September 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33511500 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Squad Leader -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 February 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Lewis Dewart (father)
Henrietta S. (Bendt) Dewart (mother)
Lewis Dewart (brother)
More information
S/Sgt William L. Dewart was unemployed when he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 13 July 1943.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Thomas Clark