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Personal info

Full name
BAHOOSHIAN, Willard
Date of birth
25 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Stirling, Morris County, New Jersey
Hometown
Morris County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42117980
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
385th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Speicher, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 3 10

Immediate family

Members
Isaac Bahooshian (father)
Susan (Majian) Bahooshian (mother)
Sadie Bahooshian (sister)
Lucy Bahooshian (sister)
Bella Bahooshian (sister)
Abraham Bahooshian (brother)
Fannie Bahooshian (sister)
Joseph Bahooshian (brother)
John Bahooshian (brother)
Angeline (Jacot) Bahooshian (wife)
Warren Bahooshian (son)
Willard Bahooshian (son)

More information

Pfc Willard Bahooshian was married to Angeline Jacot in 1940. He was employed by the Accurate Tool Company of Plainfield, New Jersey.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 26 April 1944, and received his training at Camp Croft, South Carolina and Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Berry Family Tree, https://newspaperarchive.com - The Courier-News - 27 March 1945, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister, Hannah Majewski - Michael Bahooshian