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Personal info

Full name
MYRICK, Willis George
Date of birth
8 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Kern County, California
Hometown
Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
20901070
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 52

Immediate family

Members
Charles N. Myrick (father)
Florence (Strow) Myrick (mother)
Charles Myrick (brother)
John Myrick (brother)

More information

Pvt Willis G. Myrick joined the National Guard in Oakland, California on 3 March 1941.

He attended high school for 2 years and was a plate printer.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / California Birth Index, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Tx Oma