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Personal info

Full name
HENDERSON, William Ray
Date of birth
12 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Hometown
Del Paso Heights, Sacramento County, California

Military service

Service number
39423824
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wickeswihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 18 31

Immediate family

Members
Eleanor Parrish (Foster mother)

More information

Pvt William R. Henderson was an inmate of the State Home For Dependent Children in 1940.
He was unemployed when he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 28 August 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave – Andy