Was a member of the 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division.
Moving swiftly to the Franco-Belgian frontier near St. Amand (east of Lille), the division was then moved to XV Corps in eastern France, where it encountered heavy resistance in taking Charmes in street fighting, 12 September. The 79th cut across the Moselle and Meurthe Rivers, 13–23 September, cleared the Forêt de Parroy in a severe engagement, 28 September – 9 October, and attacked to gain high ground east of Emberménil, 14–23 October, when it was relieved, 24 October.
After rest and training at Lunéville, the division returned to combat with an attack from the MignevineMontiguy area, 13 November 1944, which carried it across the Vezouse and Moder Rivers, 18 November – 10 December, through Haguenau in spite of determined enemy resistance, and into the Siegfried Line, 17–20 December.
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Willis F Addkison
Race: White
Marital status: Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank: Private
Birth Year: 1924
Nativity State or Country: Mississippi
Citizenship: Citizen
Residence: Richland, South Carolina
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Enlistment Date: 7 Mar 1944
Enlistment Place: Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Service Number: 34982394
Branch: No branch assignment
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
Name: Willis F Addkison
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1924
Admission Date: Nov 1944
Discharge Date: Nov 1944
Military Branch: Infantry, General or Unspecified
Diagnosis: First Location: Unknown, code not applicable; Causative Agent: None or Unknown
Type of Injury: Casualty, battle
Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty
Type of Discharge: Died
Service Number: 34982394
Moving swiftly to the Franco-Belgian frontier near St. Amand (east of Lille), the division was then moved to XV Corps in eastern France, where it encountered heavy resistance in taking Charmes in street fighting, 12 September. The 79th cut across the Moselle and Meurthe Rivers, 13–23 September, cleared the Forêt de Parroy in a severe engagement, 28 September – 9 October, and attacked to gain high ground east of Emberménil, 14–23 October, when it was relieved, 24 October.
After rest and training at Lunéville, the division returned to combat with an attack from the MignevineMontiguy area, 13 November 1944, which carried it across the Vezouse and Moder Rivers, 18 November – 10 December, through Haguenau in spite of determined enemy resistance, and into the Siegfried Line, 17–20 December.
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Willis F Addkison
Race: White
Marital status: Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank: Private
Birth Year: 1924
Nativity State or Country: Mississippi
Citizenship: Citizen
Residence: Richland, South Carolina
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Enlistment Date: 7 Mar 1944
Enlistment Place: Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Service Number: 34982394
Branch: No branch assignment
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
Name: Willis F Addkison
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1924
Admission Date: Nov 1944
Discharge Date: Nov 1944
Military Branch: Infantry, General or Unspecified
Diagnosis: First Location: Unknown, code not applicable; Causative Agent: None or Unknown
Type of Injury: Casualty, battle
Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty
Type of Discharge: Died
Service Number: 34982394
Was a member of the 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division.
Moving swiftly to the Franco-Belgian frontier near St. Amand (east of Lille), the division was then moved to XV Corps in eastern France, where it encountered heavy resistance in taking Charmes in street fighting, 12 September. The 79th cut across the Moselle and Meurthe Rivers, 13–23 September, cleared the Forêt de Parroy in a severe engagement, 28 September – 9 October, and attacked to gain high ground east of Emberménil, 14–23 October, when it was relieved, 24 October.
After rest and training at Lunéville, the division returned to combat with an attack from the MignevineMontiguy area, 13 November 1944, which carried it across the Vezouse and Moder Rivers, 18 November – 10 December, through Haguenau in spite of determined enemy resistance, and into the Siegfried Line, 17–20 December.
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Willis F Addkison
Race: White
Marital status: Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank: Private
Birth Year: 1924
Nativity State or Country: Mississippi
Citizenship: Citizen
Residence: Richland, South Carolina
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Enlistment Date: 7 Mar 1944
Enlistment Place: Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Service Number: 34982394
Branch: No branch assignment
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
Name: Willis F Addkison
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1924
Admission Date: Nov 1944
Discharge Date: Nov 1944
Military Branch: Infantry, General or Unspecified
Diagnosis: First Location: Unknown, code not applicable; Causative Agent: None or Unknown
Type of Injury: Casualty, battle
Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty
Type of Discharge: Died
Service Number: 34982394
Moving swiftly to the Franco-Belgian frontier near St. Amand (east of Lille), the division was then moved to XV Corps in eastern France, where it encountered heavy resistance in taking Charmes in street fighting, 12 September. The 79th cut across the Moselle and Meurthe Rivers, 13–23 September, cleared the Forêt de Parroy in a severe engagement, 28 September – 9 October, and attacked to gain high ground east of Emberménil, 14–23 October, when it was relieved, 24 October.
After rest and training at Lunéville, the division returned to combat with an attack from the MignevineMontiguy area, 13 November 1944, which carried it across the Vezouse and Moder Rivers, 18 November – 10 December, through Haguenau in spite of determined enemy resistance, and into the Siegfried Line, 17–20 December.
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Willis F Addkison
Race: White
Marital status: Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank: Private
Birth Year: 1924
Nativity State or Country: Mississippi
Citizenship: Citizen
Residence: Richland, South Carolina
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, general farms
Enlistment Date: 7 Mar 1944
Enlistment Place: Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Service Number: 34982394
Branch: No branch assignment
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
Name: Willis F Addkison
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1924
Admission Date: Nov 1944
Discharge Date: Nov 1944
Military Branch: Infantry, General or Unspecified
Diagnosis: First Location: Unknown, code not applicable; Causative Agent: None or Unknown
Type of Injury: Casualty, battle
Injured in Line of Duty: In line of duty
Type of Discharge: Died
Service Number: 34982394
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Entered the Service from Mississippi.
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