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Personal info

Full name
WEBER, William Franklin
Date of birth
10 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33566083
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
557th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 5 7

Immediate family

Members
Thomas R. Weber (father)
Ethel M. Weber (mother)
Mary E. Weber (sister)
Philip J. Weber (brother)
Jack B. Weber (brother)
Gertrude Weber (sister)
Robert L. Weber (brother)

More information

T/5 William F. Weber was employed at the Glenn L. Martin Final Assembly Plant.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 22 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet