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Personal info

Full name
FANNING, William Stephen
Date of birth
8 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31468776
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Weiswampach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 61

Immediate family

Members
William F. Fanning (father)
Ella M. (McMinn) Fanning (mother)
Elizabeth Fanning (sister)
Helen Fanning (sister)
Robert Fanning (brother)
Edward Fanning (brother)
Shirley M. Fanning (wife)
William S. Fanning (son)

More information

Pvt William S. Fanning was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 1 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bennion Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Heidi Fanning