Name:
William E. Englar
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
33731394
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-09-26
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium
Plot:
B
Row:
11
Grave:
22
Decoration:
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
William E. Englar was born in 1921 in Maryland. He was the son of Frank Englar who resided in Baltimore, Maryland. He enlisted in the Army on July 27, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed in the canning and preserving of foods and also as Single, without dependents. William served as a Private First Class, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II. He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war. He was Killed in Action on September 26, 1944 and is now buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.