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Personal info

Full name
AXTON, William George Jr
Date of birth
13 July 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Webster, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33395435
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
2 December 1945
Place of death
Inden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William L. Axton (father)
Edna M. (Brooks) Axton (mother)
Jennie C. Axton (sister)
Robert H. Axton (brother)
Glenn E. Axton (brother)
Charles G. Axton (brother)
Wayne L. Axton (brother)
Philip H. Axton (brother)
Paul H. Axton (brother)
Harry Axton (brother)
Charles Axton (brother)
Helen A. (Stout) Axton (wife)

More information

Pvt William G. Axton Jr. was a miner at the Hillman Coal Company.
He enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 16 November 1942. He was officially declared dead on 2 December 1945, but went missing December 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten