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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, William Stanton Jr
Date of birth
7 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
London, Laurel County, Kentucky
Hometown
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33927482
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 17 36

Immediate family

Members
William S. Miller Sr. (father)
Ruth H. (Parsons) Miller (mother)
William R. Miller (brother)
Joseph R. Miller (brother)
Samuel Miller (brother)
Victoria M. Miller (sister)
Nora L. Miller (sister)

More information

Pvt William S. Miller Jr. attended high school for two years and was employed at the Lloyds Potato Chip Factory before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - heather dingley
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Joel Frampton