1Lt. William Scrimger Marchant (1920-1944)

1Lt. William Scrimger Marchant Veteran

Birth

8 Oct 1920

Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, USA

Death

10 Jun 1944 (aged 23)

Mouaze, Departement d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Burial

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map

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Plot J, Row 18, Grave 8

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Graduated from Syringa High School, Middlesex County, VA in 1937
Worked at Twigg Motor Co in Middlesex and at Newport News Auto Exchange before joining the Air Corps
Lt Marchant's P47 Thunderbolt plane was hit by flack and he radioed that he was on fire and was bailing out

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1 LT 352 FTR SQ 353 FTR GP VIRGINIA

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Entered the service from Virginia

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Howard Leland Marchant

1927–1991

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William Francis Marchant

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