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Personal info

Full name
BORGNER, William J
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Stark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35245970
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Weisweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 10 2

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Borgner (father)
Mary H. Borgner (mother)
Mary C. Borgner (sister)
Richard Borgner (brother)
Charles R. Borgner (brother)

More information

Pvt William J. Borgner was employed by the Stirling Banking CO. before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 14 March 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

His two brothers also served.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Siem Voogt, The Canton Repository - 13 December 1944