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Personal info

Full name
STERLING, William Henery
Date of birth
22 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Sherman Township, Mason County, Michigan
Hometown
Sheridan, Mason County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36414419
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Malmedy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 19

Immediate family

Members
Alfred P. Sterling (father)
Mary (Gallagher) Sterling (mother)
Charles E. Sterling (brother)
Phillip A. Sterling (brother)
James D. Sterling (brother)
Adelhert C. Sterling (brother)
Albert C. Sterling (brother)
Robert W. Sterling (brother)
Mary C. Sterling (sister)
Helen Sterling (sister)
Ida B. Sterling (sister)
Ellen A. Sterling (sister)
Loretta M. Sterling (sister)
Joe L. Sterling (brother)
Oliver Sterling (brother)

More information

T/5 William H. Sterling worked on a farm before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 15 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 4th Cavalry Group

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet