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Personal info

Full name
OLIVER, William McNeill
Date of birth
20 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16177143
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 17 27

Immediate family

Members
Walter W. Oliver (father)
Margaret E. (Tuttle) Oliver (mother)
James P. Oliver (brother)

More information

Pvt William M. Oliver joined the Regular Army in Detroit, Michigan on 23 July 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kyle’s Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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