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Personal info

Full name
KIRBY, William T
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16146903
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 23

Immediate family

Members
James H. Kirby (father)

More information

Pvt William T. Kirby attended college before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Chicago, Illinois on 16 November 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records

Photo source: Peter Schouteten