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Personal info

Full name
BLEWER, William Francis
Date of birth
16 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33707128
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Inden-Lamersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 64

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Blewer (father)
Grace (Burrows) Blewer (mother)
Mary A. Blewer (sister)
Dorothy A. (Patterman) Blewer (wife)

More information

Pvt William F. Blewer attended high school for one year and was a brakeman.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 20 October 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet