US PARAS Billman, Lewis Richard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Billman ​

• FORENAME

Lewis Richard​

• UNIT

551 Parachute Infantry Bn (Company B) ​

• RANK

Technician Fifth Class ​

• NUMBER

35392487 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st August 1944 ​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France Plot D Row 11 Grave 5 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Stark County, Ohio​

born 12.06.1921 Dresden, Ohio, USA​

father Gideon Dover Billman (1885-1959)​

mother Ruth E. (nee Whyde) Barry (1902-1996)​

wife Edna R. Weily (1921-2013)​

employed by Plastic Display, Canton, Ohio​

15.02.1942 draft card Stark, Ohio​

Next of kin - Wife. Mrs. Edna R. Billman, 1426 West 19th Street, Lorain, Ohio​

KIA South France ​

posthumous Bronze Star​

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