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Personal info

Full name
URBAN, William Paul
Date of birth
5 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36349046
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
24th Armored Engineer Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Simmern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 19

Immediate family

Members
William P. Urban (father)
Ida (Davis) Urban (mother)
Ruth Urban (sister)
George Urban (brother)
Raymond Urban (brother)
Frank Urban (brother)
Dorothy Urban (sister)
Clarence Urban (brother)

More information

Sgt William P. Urban enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 13 June 1942.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for helping to knock out a Mark IV tank with a bazooka. At that time he had the rank of corporal.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Cook County, Illinois Birth Certificates Index 1871-1922, Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune 26 January 1945
Photo source: William L. Urban and Norine Urban