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Personal info

Full name
VAUGHT, Willard Lee
Date of birth
3 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Premier, McDowell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Browns Creek, McDowell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35780271
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 3

Immediate family

Members
William E. Vaught (father)
Martha A. (Clay) Vaught (mother)
Douglas W. Vaught (brother)
Edward G. Vaught (brother)
John E. Vaught (brother)
Billy W. Vaught (brother)

More information

Cpl Williard L. Vaught worked as a driver for the Welch Milk Company. He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 14 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his thorax.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, 1930/1940 Census, www.65thdiv.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery