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Personal info

Full name
PAIS, William Albert
Date of birth
6 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Granite City, Madison County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
17035536
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 7 15

Immediate family

Members
Joseph T. Pais (father)
Blanche Pais (mother)
Marine D. Pais (brother)
Rose M. Pais (sister)

More information

Pfc William A. Pais attended high school for two years and was a clerk before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 14 January 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his chest

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 Hospital Admission Card / Missouri Birth Register / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com