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Personal info

Full name
PECK, William Samuel
Date of birth
28 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33511077
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
Near Ramoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 36 36

Immediate family

Members
William A. Peck (father)
Elise M. (Thomas) Peck (mother)
Kenneth F. Peck (brother)
Leo E. Peck (brother)
Hazel J. Peck (sister)
Melvin I. Peck (brother)
Leonard A. Peck (brother)
Goldie J. Peck (sister)
Violet A. Peck (sister)
Richard L. Peck (brother)
Frances L. (Bakner) Peck (wife)
William G. Peck (son)

More information

Pvt William S. Peck attended Quincy High School for three years and was employed at the Landis Tool Company before he enlisted in Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania on 11 June 1943.

He was killed by atillery 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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File WWII / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Bonnie Bricker Smith
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Public Opinion - 20 November 1944