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Personal info

Full name
MAXEY, William Henry Jr
Date of birth
23 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Henrico County, Virginia
Hometown
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33519445
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hönningen, near the Rhine river, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 44

Immediate family

Members
William H. Maxey (father)
Annie M. (Stephenson) Maxey (mother)
Marvin Maxey (brother)

More information

Pvt. William H. Maxey enlisted on 14 December 1942 in Richmond, Virginia.

He attended 3 years of high school before he enlisted.

He received part of his training in Texas.

He had been missing in action on 17 December 1944 in Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S., Headstone and Interment Records / 1930/1940 Census / Virginia Birth Records / World War II Army Enlistment Records, The Highland Recorder - 12 January 1945
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