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Personal info

Full name
THAGGARD, William David
Date of birth
21 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Bladen County, North Carolina
Hometown
Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34869494
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 3 32

Immediate family

Members
William E. Thaggard (father)
Mollie J. (Shaw) Thaggard (mother)
Opal Thaggard (sister)
Edgar B. Thaggard (sister)
Lina W. Thaggard (sister)
Betsie Thaggard (sister)
Mildred K. Thaggard (wife)

More information

Pvt William D. Thaggard was a craneman.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 28 July 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 10 February. At that time his unit was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Bollendorf, Germany.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Robinson Family Tree / WWII Young Patriots, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem / Benny Bloodworth, www.ancestry.com - WWII Young Patriots