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Personal info

Full name
SCHOONMAKER, William J
Date of birth
10 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Union City, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
42133712
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bech, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 13

Immediate family

Members
William Schoonmaker (father)
Beatrice E. (Parenteau) Schoonmaker (mother)
Beatrice H. Schoonmaker (sister)
Myron Schoonmaker (brother)
Lilian A. (Baessler) Schoonmaker (wife)
Barbara Schoonmaker (daughter)

More information

Pvt William J. Schoonmaker was a pattern and model maker before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 2 May 1944.

He was married to Lillian Anna Baessler on 13 January 1940 in the Bronx, New York City.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten