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Personal info

Full name
WELLS, William Earl
Date of birth
23 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama
Hometown
Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
18018931
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 8 24

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin Wells (father)
Lurla (Giles) Wells (mother)
Bessie (Hobson) Wells (stepmother)
Ruby L. Wells (sister)

More information

Pvt William E. Wells was a painter.

He joined the Regular Army in Lubbock, Texas on 12 August 1940. He was overseas in August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, 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, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Birmingham News - 2 March 1945