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Personal info

Full name
DREISBACH, Willard Gail
Date of birth
23 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Fogelsville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33101844
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 90

Immediate family

Members
Earl R. Dreisbach (father)
Irene S. (Eberweinn) Dreisbach (mother)
Thomas E. Dreisbach (brother)
Grace M. Dreisbach (sister)
Earl R. Dreisbach (brother)

More information

Pfc Willard G. Dreisbach was a car washer in a garage before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 13 October 1941.

He was seriously wounded in action on 22 September and brought to the 305th Medical Battalion Clearing Station.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thDivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len