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William Everett Powers

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William Everett Powers

Birth
Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Death
25 Dec 1944 (aged 23)
Luxembourg, Belgium
Burial
Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Tue, 17 Aug 1948, p5, c5

Powers Rites Will Be Held Wednesday

Gloucester, Aug. 16 - Funeral services for Pfc. William Everett Powers, who died of wounds received in the Battle of Luxembourg in World War II will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Gloucester County.

Pfc. Powers was wounded Dec. 24, 1944 , and died Christmas Day 1944, his body having just been returned to this country for reinturment.

The Rev. V. P. Locke, pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, will officiate and burial will be made in the church cemetery. Gloucester Post No. 75, American Legion will be in charge of services at the grave.

Powers is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Powers of Naxera; a sister, Mrs. Alma Dudley of Newport News; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Powers and maternal grandfather, W. P. Sterling, all of Naxera.
The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Tue, 17 Aug 1948, p5, c5

Powers Rites Will Be Held Wednesday

Gloucester, Aug. 16 - Funeral services for Pfc. William Everett Powers, who died of wounds received in the Battle of Luxembourg in World War II will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Gloucester County.

Pfc. Powers was wounded Dec. 24, 1944 , and died Christmas Day 1944, his body having just been returned to this country for reinturment.

The Rev. V. P. Locke, pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, will officiate and burial will be made in the church cemetery. Gloucester Post No. 75, American Legion will be in charge of services at the grave.

Powers is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Powers of Naxera; a sister, Mrs. Alma Dudley of Newport News; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Powers and maternal grandfather, W. P. Sterling, all of Naxera.

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Virginia
PFC 317 Inf 80 Inf Div
World War II
Co B



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