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Personal info

Full name
WILLOUGHBY, William Lee Jr
Date of birth
21 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37520507
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamizoulle, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 82

Immediate family

Members
William L. Willoughby (father)
Julia A. (Maynard) Willoughby (mother)
Lloyd Willoughby (brother)
Frank L. Willoughby (brother)
John L. Willoughby (brother)
Harold L. Willoughby (brother)

More information

Sgt William L. Willoughby Jr. attended Northeast High School and was employed at the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot.
He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 6 April 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Willoughby Haun Tinder Ezell Families, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Northeast High School - 1941