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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, Earl Jr
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Jefferson, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38380262
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Millery, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 7 21

Immediate family

Members
Earl Williams Sr.(father)
Louise G. (Ostarly) Williams (mother)
Idle M. Williams (sister)
John H. Williams (brother)
Mary L. Williams (sister)
Elaine G. Williams (sister)

More information

Pvt Earl Williams Jr. was a chauffeur, worked at his uncle’s wrecking yards before he enlisted in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Debra Guerra Gallo Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com, www.findagrave.com

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