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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Alvis Franklin
Date of birth
24 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pinevale, Bell County, Kentucky
Hometown
Tarrant County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38630353
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Münster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 15 8

Immediate family

Members
Sam Williams (father)
Pearl B. (Brogan) Smallman (mother)
Robert Smallman (stepfather)
Austin Williams (brother)
Opal L. Williams (sister)

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Kentucky Birth Index, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten