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MILLER, William Savannah - Date of
birth
1 December 1913 -
Age
31 - Place of
birth
Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio -
Hometown
Washingtonville, Columbiana County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1312196 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
George W. Miller (father)
Allethia H. (Brister) Miller (mother)
Rhoda E. Miller (sister)
Esther K. (Tetlow) Miller (wife)
More information
2nd Lt William S. Miller was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Huldange, Luxembourg.He died in Stalag XII-A during a British night air raid. The intended target was the railway station in Diez, but some flares, dropped by the pathfinder aircraft, drifted off course in a strong wind and strayed into the POW camp. The bombs of RAF Mosquitos did not miss the highlighted target of a concrete building, housing mostly medical personnel.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com – Robinson Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com – The Salem News Ohio 28 November 1944
Photo source: Peter Schouteten