He served in the military from 1942 to 1945 as a SSGT with the 9th Marine Air Wing during World War II.
William married Edna Virginia Byer in 1946. They lived in Falling Springs, Allegheny County VA. He was a sheet metal and construction worker on a Naval Air Base.
His early death at age 27 was accidental while off-duty. He fell while carrying a heavy load on his shoulder and fractured his skull. He died in Allegheny Memorial Hospital.
His middle name "Bennett" comes from his maternal grandmother, Ida Cornelia Bennett, 1st wife of Alexander Calhoun McLeod of Richmond County, North Carolina.
William's birth record is recorded in Chesterfield County, which is north of the now independent city of Petersburg.
He served in the military from 1942 to 1945 as a SSGT with the 9th Marine Air Wing during World War II.
William married Edna Virginia Byer in 1946. They lived in Falling Springs, Allegheny County VA. He was a sheet metal and construction worker on a Naval Air Base.
His early death at age 27 was accidental while off-duty. He fell while carrying a heavy load on his shoulder and fractured his skull. He died in Allegheny Memorial Hospital.
His middle name "Bennett" comes from his maternal grandmother, Ida Cornelia Bennett, 1st wife of Alexander Calhoun McLeod of Richmond County, North Carolina.
William's birth record is recorded in Chesterfield County, which is north of the now independent city of Petersburg.
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