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Personal info

Full name
FISS, William
Date of birth
4 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
42136091
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Baal, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 18 7

Immediate family

Members
Max Fiss (father)
Pauline C. (Engelbrochton) Fiss (mother)
Edith Fiss (sister)
Robert Fiss (brother)

More information

William Fiss studied at Queens Vocational High School before taking a job as checker at the Sunshinel Biscuit Company.

He enlisted on 2 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, WWII Draft Cards; Long Island Star Journal - 23 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Bill Blake