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Personal info

Full name
LIBERATOR, William James
Date of birth
28 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31408565
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 39 28

Immediate family

Members
Salvatore Liberatore (father)
Francesca (Panella) Liberatore (mother)
Gladis Liberatore (sister)
Lydia J. Liberatore (sister)
Raymond S. Liberatore (brother)
Lena Liberatore (half-sister)
Sante Liberatore (brother)
Clelio A. Liberatore (half-brother)
Ida Liberatore (half-sister)
Grace A. (Peichert) Liberator (wife)
Willian J. Liberator Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt William J. Liberator enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 10 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940/1950 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://36th-id.frb.io/, 141aar-December-1944-to-end.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - kllyblngr