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Personal info

Full name
FOREMAN, William W
Date of birth
8 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Scotia, Greeley County, Nebraska
Hometown
Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
20739353
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 10 6

Immediate family

Members
Arthur D. Foreman (father)
Maude A. (Steger) Foreman (mother)
Melvin A. Foreman (brother)
Bert L. Foreman (brother)
Dale K. Foreman (brother)
Dorothy B. Foreman (sister)

More information

Pvt William W. Foreman attended high school for three years before he joined the National Guard in Lexington, Nebraska on 23 December 1940.

He died on 8 January 1945 in a field hospital from wounds in his stomach received from small arms fire two days earlier.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ms. Opal Bramson, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Renshaw Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Coleman, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery