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Home State
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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
SFC Ken Logue-Deceased
to remember
Atlee, William Henry ("Bill"), T/5.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Fort Madison |
Last Address
Fort Madison, Iowa
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Casualty Date
Jun 06, 1944 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Location
France |
Conflict
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)/Operation Overlord/D-Day Beach Landings - Operation Neptune |
Location of Interment
American Cemetery - Normandy, France |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
E, 14, 44 |
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1942-1943, 745, RHHC, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) 101st Airborne Division
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1943-1944, 745, 101st Airborne Division
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1943-1944, 745, 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry
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1944-1944, 745, 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry
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Last Known Activity
T/5 Bill Atlee, from one of the historically prominent families in Fort Madison, Iowa, enlisted on 24 Sep 1942 at Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa. He graduated as part of Parachute Class # 49 at Fort Benning, Georgia 14 December 1942-2 January 1942..
He served with HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
ON 6 June, he was one of the men in "Stick 3 #1" aboard a USAAF C-47 who was killed on D-Day. He was shot through the throat. He was initially buried at the American Cemetery at Blosville. Then at the American Cemetery, Normandy.
He has a memorial at Elmwood Cemetery Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa.
He left a wife and daughter at his passing.
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