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Personal info

Full name
DURHAM, William Clark
Date of birth
12 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35359406
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nomeny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 44 27

Immediate family

Members
James P. Durham (father)
Laura E. (Dotson) Durham (mother)
Hazel M. Durham (sister)
Marie Durham (sister)
Ida L. Durham (sister)
Robert T. Durham (brother)
James E. Durham (brother)

More information

Pfc William C. Durham worked in a foundry before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 6 July 1942.
He was reported missing in action on 20 September when his Company was holding positions on hill 351 in the vicinity of Nomeny.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Wood Woods Family Tree, www.80thDivision.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – R T Durham Shane