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Personal info

Full name
EVANS, William Julius
Date of birth
23 October 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31409549
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
168th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Near St. Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 41 20

Immediate family

Members
John Evans (father)
Julia A. (Roy) Evans (mother)
Michael N. Evans (brother)
Julia A. Evans (sister)
John J. Evans (brother)
George J. Evans (brother)
Mary E. Evans (sister)
Stephen V. Evans (brother)
Frances Evans (sister)
Martha K. Evans (sister)
Anna E. (Swatt) Evans (wife)

More information

T/5 William J. Evans was a carpenter before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 7 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Yokom Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

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