Pvt. William Hawkins Dillon, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Dillon of Wilmot, graduated from Wilmot High School in June, 1943, and was a student at Louisiana State University majoring in agriculture when he was inducted in the Army on March 9, 1944, at Camp Robinson. He trained at Camp Fannin, Texas, and Fort Bragg, NC, where he earned the Expert Rifleman Medal.
He was serving in the infantry in General Patch's army when he was reported missing in action on December 11, a designation which was changed to killed in action two days later. He had been overseas since October, 1944. He was born in Jones, LA, on January 25, 1925. At LSU, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was sent to the European Theater of Operations on October 5, 1944, and participated in the campaigns of the Vosgnes Mountains, Raon L'Etope and Senomes areas before being killed in action in France on December 13, 1944. He served overseas with 100th Infantry Division, 7th Army. His decorations included the European Theater Ribbon with three Battle Stars, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Purple Heart posthumously.
Double memorial services for him and his cousin, Patrick Benjamin Dillon, Jr., were held in the Wilmot Baptist Church on February 25, 1945. Their deaths came only 13 days apart on the European front.
He was serving in the infantry in General Patch's army when he was reported missing in action on December 11, a designation which was changed to killed in action two days later. He had been overseas since October, 1944. He was born in Jones, LA, on January 25, 1925. At LSU, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was sent to the European Theater of Operations on October 5, 1944, and participated in the campaigns of the Vosgnes Mountains, Raon L'Etope and Senomes areas before being killed in action in France on December 13, 1944. He served overseas with 100th Infantry Division, 7th Army. His decorations included the European Theater Ribbon with three Battle Stars, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Purple Heart posthumously.
Double memorial services for him and his cousin, Patrick Benjamin Dillon, Jr., were held in the Wilmot Baptist Church on February 25, 1945. Their deaths came only 13 days apart on the European front.
Pvt. William Hawkins Dillon, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Dillon of Wilmot, graduated from Wilmot High School in June, 1943, and was a student at Louisiana State University majoring in agriculture when he was inducted in the Army on March 9, 1944, at Camp Robinson. He trained at Camp Fannin, Texas, and Fort Bragg, NC, where he earned the Expert Rifleman Medal.
He was serving in the infantry in General Patch's army when he was reported missing in action on December 11, a designation which was changed to killed in action two days later. He had been overseas since October, 1944. He was born in Jones, LA, on January 25, 1925. At LSU, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was sent to the European Theater of Operations on October 5, 1944, and participated in the campaigns of the Vosgnes Mountains, Raon L'Etope and Senomes areas before being killed in action in France on December 13, 1944. He served overseas with 100th Infantry Division, 7th Army. His decorations included the European Theater Ribbon with three Battle Stars, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Purple Heart posthumously.
Double memorial services for him and his cousin, Patrick Benjamin Dillon, Jr., were held in the Wilmot Baptist Church on February 25, 1945. Their deaths came only 13 days apart on the European front.
He was serving in the infantry in General Patch's army when he was reported missing in action on December 11, a designation which was changed to killed in action two days later. He had been overseas since October, 1944. He was born in Jones, LA, on January 25, 1925. At LSU, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was sent to the European Theater of Operations on October 5, 1944, and participated in the campaigns of the Vosgnes Mountains, Raon L'Etope and Senomes areas before being killed in action in France on December 13, 1944. He served overseas with 100th Infantry Division, 7th Army. His decorations included the European Theater Ribbon with three Battle Stars, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Purple Heart posthumously.
Double memorial services for him and his cousin, Patrick Benjamin Dillon, Jr., were held in the Wilmot Baptist Church on February 25, 1945. Their deaths came only 13 days apart on the European front.
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