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Personal info

Full name
FRENCH, William Carl
Date of birth
2 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Union County, Kentucky
Hometown
Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35715583
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
Near Heilbronn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 64

Immediate family

Members
Ezra G. French (father)
Martha A. (Greenwell) French (mother)
Francis J. French (brother)
George R. French (brother)
Robert H. French (brother)
Clarence L. French (brother)
Martha A. French (sister)
Alvin G. French (brother)
Henry E. French (brother)
Morris A. French (brother)
Ruby M. French (sister)
Ezra G. French (brother)

More information

Pfc William C. French was a salesman before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 27 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com – Shannon French Newton, www.10tharmored.com
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