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Personal info

Full name
HANES, William Robert
Date of birth
7 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Grant, Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36976519
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Dillingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 70

Immediate family

Members
Harry M. Hanes (father)
Thelma R. (Decker) Hanes (mother)
Clinton L. Hanes (brother)
Donald D. Hanes (brother)
Marilyn Hanes (sister)

More information

Pvt William R. Hanes is remembered at the Grant Township Cemetery in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Keogh Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - John T

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / John T