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Personal info

Full name
HENNINGS, William V
Date of birth
15 February 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
32722917
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
West bank of the Rur river in Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 12 16

Immediate family

Members
William Hennings (father)
Ethel M. Hennings (mother)
June Hennings (sister)

More information

Cpl William V. Hennings attended A.B. Davis High School and was a communicant at Sacred Heart Church.

He enlisted on 26 January 1943 at Camp Upton.

He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 9 December 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.comwww.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ben Himmelfarb - White Plains Public Library; The Daily Argus - 6 March 1945