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Devilder, William Frank (Bill), T/5.
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Home Town Red Creek
Date of Passing Aug 13, 2003
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TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE WILLIAM "BILL" FRANK DEVILDER WAS EMPLOYED AS A DRILL PRESS OPERATOR BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1943. AFTER ATTENDING MEDICAL TECH SCHOOL IN EL PASO TEXAS HE WAS SENT TO EUROPE. T/5 DEVILDER SERVED WITH THE 307TH AIRBORNE MEDICAL COMPANY, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION FROM 28 MARCH 1944 TO 17 DECEMBER 1945. AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATES T/5 DEVILDER WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE MARYLAND ON 4 JANUARY 1946.
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Bill was born at Red Creek, the son of the late William Norton Devilder and Bertha Ellen Bennett DeVilder. On Sept. 2, 1956 at Webster Springs, he was married to the former Nola Vieva Martin, who survives at Parsons. They celebrated 46 years of marriage.
Also surviving are one son, William Michael (Shelia) DeVilder of Hambleton; one foster sister, Rebecca Smith (Ray) Bromell of Dallas, Texas; and two grandchildren, Marcy and Daniel Williams both of Hambleton.
He was th last surviving member of his immediate family and was preceded in death by four sisters, Margaret Stemple, Ruth Miller, Eve Sheets and Rosalea Pritt.
He was a 1942 graduate of Parsons High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theatre at Normandy. He was the dept. manager for the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. of Parsons and retired in 1982 with 35 years of service. he was the owner and operator of the DeVilder Nursery many years. He was a former member of the Parsons Chapter No.39 of the IOOF. He was a member of St. John's United Methidist Church.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
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June / 1944
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July / 1944
Description Normandy Campaign 6 June to 24 July 1944) Early on D-Day airborne troops landed in France to gain control of strategic areas. Aerial and naval bombardment followed. Then the invasion fleet, covered by an umbrella of aircraft, discharged Eisenhower’s assault forces. Soon the beachhead was secure, but its expansion was a slow and difficult process in the face of strong opposition. It was not until late in July that the Allies were able to break out of Normandy.
