| Name |
Alfred Lee WILLIS |
| Birth |
20 May 1922 |
Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1930 |
New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV |
| Military |
ENLISTED Oct 1942 [1, 4, 5] |
| U.S. Army, World War II (Europe, Purple Heart) |
- The following article, presented here in its entirety, appeared in the Sep 21 1944 issue of the West Union Herald under the headline "Wounded in Action":
"Mr. and Mrs. Harry Willis of Blandville have been notified by the War Department that their son, Pvt. Alfred L. Willis, has been seriously wounded in action in France. Pvt. Willis served with a tank destroyer battalion. He is a patient in a hospital in England. Pvt. Willis, while in school here, was very active in Four-H Club work and was voted the healthiest boy in the state one year. He is a graduate of Doddridge County High School."
His obituary stated that he was an overseas Army veteran of World War II, where he was a member of Co A, 893rd Tank Destroyer Bn. He received two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart while serving in France.
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| Education |
Doddridge Co H.S., Salem College [4, 6] |
| Residence |
Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV [1] |
| Residence |
1945 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [2] |
| Death |
2 May 1981 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [1] |
- Wife's obit gives his death date as May 1 1981, but his own obit specifies 1 a.m. on Saturday, May 2 1981. That date was a Saturday. Headstone gives only the year.
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| Burial |
Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV [1, 7] |
| Notes |
- He was a farmer, a member of the Doddridge County Farm Bureau and the West Virginia 4-H All Stars. He was an overseas Army veteran of World War II, where he was a member of Co A, 893rd Tank Destroyer Bn. He received two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart while serving in France.
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| Person ID |
I10390 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
17 Nov 2022 |
1922 - 1981 (58 years)
