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Personal info

Full name
MONKS, William Herbert
Date of birth
10 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33299794
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
19th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Baerenthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 84

Immediate family

Members
Miller W. Monks (father)
Clara M. (Gibson) Monks (mother)
George L. Monks (brother)
Mildred A. Monks (sister)
Lawrence W. Monks (brother)
Arthur M. Monks (brother)
Janet B. Monks (wife)
Agatha J. Monks (daughter)

More information

Cpl William H. Monks attended high school for four years and worked in a foundry before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 19 November 1942.
He is remembered at the South Cemetery in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Monks Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Me, http://14thad.org, www.newspapers.com – The Pittsburgh Press 16 August 1945

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Stephen Herrero, www.findagrave.com – T Heasley, www.newspapers.com – The Pittsburgh Press 16 August 1945