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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, William E
Date of birth
15 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37563727
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 13 11

Immediate family

Members
Howard B. Martin (father)
Georgiana Martin (mother)
Mary E. Martin (sister)
Phyllis A. Martin (sister)

More information

Pfc William E. Martin graduated from Peoria High School and was a student at the University of Minnesota before he enlisted on 23 March 1943.

He trained at Camp Forrest, Tennessee and Camp Phillips in Kansas.

He was killed due to a head trauma.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery