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Personal info

Full name
WALDROP, William Pearson
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Inman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34651354
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Thionville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 9 16

Immediate family

Members
William J. B. Waldrop (father)
Mary C. (Dixon) Waldrop (mother)
Jennings B. Waldrop (brother)
Arthur H. Waldrop (brother)
Ruth C. Waldrop (sister)
Geraldine Waldrop (sister)
James E. Waldrop (brother)
Floyd N. Waldrop (brother)

More information

Pfc William P. Waldrop enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 2 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Deep Roots Strong Branches / Klimek Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/coke/military/ww2/ww2-358.txt
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Hugo / Janet Skinner