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Personal info

Full name
PAVY, William Kenneth
Date of birth
19 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Alexandria, Campbell County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35817253
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Greimerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 87

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Pavy (father)
Maley L. (Laverne) Pavy (mother)
Shirley Pavy (sister)

More information

Pfc William K. Pavy graduated from Campbell County High School and was employed at the Trailer Company of America.

He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 4 September 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Ohio Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten