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Personal info

Full name
GOVER, William Kenneth
Date of birth
20 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland
Hometown
Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33735509
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Tholy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 15 26

Immediate family

Members
William A. Gover (father)
Mary E. (Bitner) Gover (mother)
Mary E. Gover (sister)
Clara B. Gover (sister)
Walter E. Gover (brother)
Pauline E. Warfield (half-sister)

More information

Pvt William K. Gover worked on the family farm.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 14 September 1943.

In August 1944, he was wounded by small arms fire at his hand.

Two months later he was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Megan Dovell Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy