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Personal info

Full name
KADLEC, William Francis
Date of birth
3 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31018931
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 30

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Kadlec (father)
Sadie L. (Carroll) Kadlec (mother)
Carroll Kadlec (brother)
William P. Kadlec (brother)
Charles J. Kadlec Jr. (brother)
Richard B. Kadlec (brother)
Norma M. (Andrews) Kadlec (wife)

More information

Sgt William F. Kadlec attended the Wilmington High School for two years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 3 March 1941. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his shoulder.

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 / Lavoie Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Astrid / Anonymous, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 31 December 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 30 January 1945