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Personal info

Full name
WELSH, William Richard
Date of birth
10 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
West Brownsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
West Brownsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33306220
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Battery,
323rd Field Artillery Battalion,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Barby, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 9 14

Immediate family

Members
Peter Welsh (father)
Nellie (Hoover) Welsh (mother)
Marie G. Welsh (sister)
Herbert E. Welsh (brother)
Thelma Welsh (sister)
Marlene Welsh (sister)
La Verne Welsh (sister)
Delbert Welsh (brother)
Leroy Welsh (brother)

More information

Pvt William R. Welsh was employed at the Monongahela Railway Company and White Line Taxi.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 29 September 1942.

He is memorialized at the Taylor Cemetery in Centerville, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Barbara Molella, Debbie Day, Fran Tenney