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Personal info

Full name
FRYER, William Raymond Jr
Date of birth
25 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Rockland, New Castle County, Delaware
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33941412
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 22 11

Immediate family

Members
Raymond W. Fryer (father)
Nora I. (Robinson) Fryer (mother)
Earl R. Fryer (brother)
Elizabeth I. Fryer (sister)
Virginia D. (Smuda) Fryer (wife)

More information

Pvt William R. Fryer enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. on 31 May 1944. He attended high school for 3 years and was a driver before he enlisted.

He was initially buried in the Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Familie are Forever / Frazee Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Guisy Armato-Ruiz