MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Filiak, William B.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Filiak​

• FORENAME

William B.​

• UNIT

3 Bn (Communications Platoon)​

• RANK

Second Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

0-1642858​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Queens County,New York​

born 1919 Michigan​

graduated high school​

1 year college​

unskilled worker in manufacture of radios and phonographs in civilian life​

enlisted 17.10.1940 Jamaica,New York (Private 12018944 Corps of Engineers)​

discharged 1942​

technician in civilian life​

re-enlisted 2.6.1942 Fort Jay,Governors Island,New York (Private 32347389)​

commissioned Signal Corps​

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