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Personal info

Full name
AUBUT, William Gerard
Date of birth
29 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31456718
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Selgersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 7 8

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Aubut (father)
Agnes Aubut (mother)
Marcelle M. Aubut (sister)
Lorraine Aubut (sister)
Robert N. Aubut (brother)
Janet E. Aubut (sister)
Joseph A. Aubut (brother)
Doris (McGaughey) Aubut (wife)
Donna M. Aubut (daughter)

More information

Sgt William G. Aubut graduated from Lowell MA High School and was employed by the Murray Company in South Boston.

He enlisted in March 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

In the town where he was born, a memorial island was created to honor his life.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Donna Lapointe, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / The Lowell Sun 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Mr D, www.ancestry.com - The Lowell Sun 1945, Donna Lapointe, Marl Lapointe, John McCusker (nephew)