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SGT William Ralph Vetter

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SGT William Ralph Vetter Veteran

Birth
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Death
14 Aug 1944 (aged 28)
Joue-du-Bois, Departement de l'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Block E Row 9 Grave 14
Memorial ID
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #36054025

Enlistment Date: 01/29/1942

Entered the Service from: Illinois

36th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Armored Division

Awards: Purple Heart


William R. Vetter is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Madison County, Illinois.


U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his place of birth as Little Rock, Arkansas, residing with his father at General Delivery, Collinsville, Illinois, and employed by W.P.A. Project.


Name and Address of Next of Kin:


William Vetter, Sr. (Father)

Rural Route #2, Morris Hills

Collinsville, Illinois


***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for posting his photo of William to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photo of William to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Sunnyann Find A Grave ID 47063609 for adding her gravesite photo to this memorial***


***I would like to thank WWII History Fan Find A Grave ID 48178484 for updating the inscription on this memorial***

U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #36054025

Enlistment Date: 01/29/1942

Entered the Service from: Illinois

36th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Armored Division

Awards: Purple Heart


William R. Vetter is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Madison County, Illinois.


U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his place of birth as Little Rock, Arkansas, residing with his father at General Delivery, Collinsville, Illinois, and employed by W.P.A. Project.


Name and Address of Next of Kin:


William Vetter, Sr. (Father)

Rural Route #2, Morris Hills

Collinsville, Illinois


***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for posting his photo of William to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photo of William to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Sunnyann Find A Grave ID 47063609 for adding her gravesite photo to this memorial***


***I would like to thank WWII History Fan Find A Grave ID 48178484 for updating the inscription on this memorial***


Inscription

SGT 36 INF 3 ARMD DIV ILLINOIS


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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56350229/william_ralph-vetter: accessed ), memorial page for SGT William Ralph Vetter (25 Jun 1916–14 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56350229, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).