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Personal info

Full name
REDICK, William
Date of birth
13 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Imperial, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33431957
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 2 66

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Redick (father)
Mary (Bonash) Redick (mother)
Pauline Redick (sister)
Mary J. Redick (sister)
Louise Redick (sister)
Joseph Redick (brother)
Rudolph Redick (brother)
John Redick (brother)
Paul Redick (brother)
Margaret V. (McMillen) Redick (wife)
Edward W. Redick (son)

More information

S/Sgt William Redick enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 12 March 1943. He received his basic training at Camp Butner, N.C.
Sgt Redick was inducted March 19, 1943, and was overseas for two months. He sailed October 13, 1944 and landed October 29 in England. He was born in Imperial, but before going into the service lived at Midway, working for a construction firm in Pittsburgh. At the time he entered service he was working at Ravenna, O., in a munitions plant.

Source of information: Erwin Derhaag, Peter Schouteten, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, The Pittsburgh Press 26 Jan 1945, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Val, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press