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Personal info

Full name
VOLK, William "Wasly"
Date of birth
15 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
32092550
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sainlez, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 1 12

Immediate family

Members
Michael Volk (father)
Rosalie (Stack) Volk (mother)
Michael Volk (brother)
Pauline Volk (sister)
John Volk (brother)
Anna Volk (sister)
Sophia Volk (sister)
Julia Volk (sister)
Olga Volk (sister)
Eva Volk (sister)
Harry Volk (brother)
Dorothy Volk (sister)
Walter Volk (brother)
Paul Volk (brother)
Eva (Ketz) Volk (wife)

More information

Cpl William Volk enlisted in New York City, New York on 29 May 1941.

He was married to Eva Ketz on 12 September 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Living Galloway Family / Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 53rd AIB July 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - John Monast