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PFC Willis Earl Spesert

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PFC Willis Earl Spesert Veteran

Birth
Fortuna, Humboldt County, California, USA
Death
12 Nov 1944 (aged 35)
France
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France GPS-Latitude: 49.1207153, Longitude: 6.7171445
Plot
Plot B Row 26 grave 54
Memorial ID
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Marriage 27 Oct 1930 • Jackson, Oregon - Alta Moore (sued for divorce No 1935).

Willis E Spesert Gender: Male Rank: Private First Class Residence Place: West Virginia Type of Medal: Purple Heart Service Number: 35391766 Military Unit: 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division Military Branch: U.S. Army War: World War II Death Date: 12 Nov 1944 Cemetery Plot Number: B Cemetery Row: 26 Cemetery Section: Grave: 54 Cemetery: Lorraine Burial Place: St Avold, France Spouse: Evelyn Spesert. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Chico (Butte County, California) Record, Wednesday Morning, November 29, 1944, pg 3 col 6: Pfc. Willis Spesert Killed in France. Private First Class Willis E. Spesert, former Chico resident and veteran of three years service, has been killed in action in France, November 12, according to a telegram received Saturday from the War Department by his mother, Mrs. Jecca Swift of San Francisco.

No details of his death were relayed in the short wire.

Pfc. Spesert is survived by his father, Willis Spesert, Richardson Springs, his mother, and several sisters and brothers in Chico, and a sister in Los Angeles.
Marriage 27 Oct 1930 • Jackson, Oregon - Alta Moore (sued for divorce No 1935).

Willis E Spesert Gender: Male Rank: Private First Class Residence Place: West Virginia Type of Medal: Purple Heart Service Number: 35391766 Military Unit: 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division Military Branch: U.S. Army War: World War II Death Date: 12 Nov 1944 Cemetery Plot Number: B Cemetery Row: 26 Cemetery Section: Grave: 54 Cemetery: Lorraine Burial Place: St Avold, France Spouse: Evelyn Spesert. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Chico (Butte County, California) Record, Wednesday Morning, November 29, 1944, pg 3 col 6: Pfc. Willis Spesert Killed in France. Private First Class Willis E. Spesert, former Chico resident and veteran of three years service, has been killed in action in France, November 12, according to a telegram received Saturday from the War Department by his mother, Mrs. Jecca Swift of San Francisco.

No details of his death were relayed in the short wire.

Pfc. Spesert is survived by his father, Willis Spesert, Richardson Springs, his mother, and several sisters and brothers in Chico, and a sister in Los Angeles.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from West Virginia.



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  • Maintained by: Adriana
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56661110/willis_earl-spesert: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Willis Earl Spesert (19 Dec 1908–12 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56661110, citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Adriana (contributor 47328225).