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Personal info

Full name
PURDY, William
Date of birth
4 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Washington, Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33737167
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 8 12

Immediate family

Members
John R. Purdy (father)
Agnes M. Purdy (mother)
Betty (Bricker) Purdy (wife)
Carol L. Purdy (daughter)

More information

T/5 William Purdy attended Eastern High School and employed by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company.

He enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia, on 12 March 1943 and was sent overseas in January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of 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, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, Evening Star - 28 January 1945