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Personal info

Full name
WILLIAMS, George Edward Jr
Date of birth
17 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33391481
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Near Büderscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 26

Immediate family

Members
George E. Williams (father)
Pansy A. (Darr) Williams (mother)
Louis R. Williams (brother)
Alton R. Williams (brother)
Frank C. Williams (brother)
Donald C. Williams (brother)
Ellen A. Williams (sister)
Nancy P. Williams (sister)

More information

Pfc George E. Williams Jr. attended high school for three years and was employed in warehousing before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 26 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the face.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Silvano Theunissen