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Personal info

Full name
WARNER, William Francis
Date of birth
26 February 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Roselle, Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42105407
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Leyr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 81

Immediate family

Members
Fred F. Warner (father)
Rose Warner (mother)
Dorothy Warner (sister)
Martha (Longcoy) Warner (wife)
Jacqueline L. Warner (daughter)
Roberta F. Warner (daughter)

More information

Pvt William F Warner attended high school for one year and was a salesman with the Wonder Bread Baking Company before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 29 January 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.
He was killed by small arms fire on his heart.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – The Central New Jersey Home News 23 January 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Central New Jersey Home News 23 January 1945