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Personal info

Full name
HALL, William Lawrence
Date of birth
8 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31032212
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 13 27

Immediate family

Members
Harold S. Hall (father)
Dorothy A. (Griffin) Hall (mother)
Harold S. Hall Jr. (brother)
Phyllis D. Hall (sister)

More information

Pvt William L. Hall enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 21 March 1941.

He was killed towards the Waal River Bridge.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands on 23 September 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, Fold3, Market Garden, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten