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Personal info

Full name
MONK, William Robert
Date of birth
20 September 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33714668
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 September 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edward A. Monk (father)
Alice (Partington) Monk (mother)
Gustine B. Monk (sister)
John T. Monk (brother)
Elizabeth (sister)

More information

Pvt William R. Monk was reported missing in action on 17 September 1944 after an attack on the Siegfried Line in Germany. They met heavy resistance and were overrun by an enemy counter attack.

Pvt Monk was officially decleared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

His brother John Thomas Monk Sr. was killed on 18 April 1945 in a plane crash in West Virginia.

Source of information: FOHF, www.memorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1910 Census, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Photo source: FOHF