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Personal info

Full name
HAMANN, William Mark
Date of birth
7 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Elkhorn, Douglas County, Nebraska
Hometown
Elkhorn, Douglas County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37746815
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Gemünd, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 13 13

Immediate family

Members
William F. Hamann (father)
Alma E. (Dohse) Hamann (mother)
Earl N. Fedde (stepfather)
Wilma Hamann (sister)
Mable Mass (half sister)
Della Mass (half sister)
Kenneth Fedde (half brother)
Gladys Fedde (half sister)

More information

Pvt William M. Hamann graduated from Elkhorn High school in 1940 and was a farmer.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 22 June 1944 and was sent overseas on 11 December 1944.

He was killed shortly after returning to duty after being hospitalized for wounds he had sustained on 9 February 1945.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Omaha World Herald 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Omaha World Herald 1945