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Canon, Willis Carl, Sgt.
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Contact Info
Home Town Leadmine
Date of Passing Jul 28, 1998
Location of Interment Davis Cemetery - Davis, West Virginia
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SERGEANT WILLIS CARL CANON WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USAAF ON 12 FEBRUARY 1942. HE SERVED WITH THE 909TH AIR ENGINEERS, 491ST AIR SERVICE GROUP, USAAF IN EUROPE FROM 5 MAY 1943 TO 4 OCTOBER 1944. UPON RETURNING TO THE STATES SGT CANON WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 12 FEBRUARY 1945. WILLIS CARL CANON PASSED AWAY ON 28 JULY 1998 AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE DAVIS CEMETERY IN DAVIS WEST VIRGINIA.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.