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Personal info

Full name
KNIGHT, William W
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Knox County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31322380
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Rollesbroich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 20

Immediate family

Members
Winfield W. Knight (father)
Dorothy H. (Gross) Knight (mother)

More information

Pfc William W. Knight enlisted in Portland, Maine, on 11 May 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett / James L. Cooper / Richard Blunk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Diana Gavidia Family Tree

Photo source: Aimee Fogg