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Personal info

Full name
IBBOTSON, William Henry
Date of birth
22 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Lonoke, Lonoke County, Arkansas
Hometown
Pulaski County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
37107542
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 9 38

Immediate family

Members
Frank B. Ibbotson (father)
Bertha L. (Staton) Ibbotson (mother)
Edna Ibbotson (sister)
Idell Ibbotson (sister)
J.F. Ibbotson (brother)
Pairlee Ibbotson (sister)
Juanita (Donahue) Ibbotson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt William H. Ibbotson attended and was an actor.

He joined the National Guard in Majors Field Greenville, Texas on 25 November 1940.

S/Sgt Ibbotson was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten