Willette, John A. · Digital Collections

Name: Willette, John A.
Birth Date: May 28, 1918
Death Date: April 4, 1945
Description: John A. Willette. Private First Class, U.S. Army Infantry. 16th Armored Infantry, 45th Division. 28 May 1918 - 4 April 1945. Fighting with the Thunderbird Division he earned four battle stars; in Italy, Southern France, and the Rhineland. Wounded, November 1944. Later returned to combat. Killed in action in the Harz Mountains, Germany. Student at John Bapst High School. Engaged in aircraft construction. Hunter and fisherman. Purple Heart with oak-leaf cluster. 31352091
Creator: Bangor Public Library; Ranlett, L. Felix (Louis Felix), 1896-
Date: 1947
Subject: Commemorative works; Military casualties; Soldiers--Maine--Bangor; World War, 1939-1945--Casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Maine--Bangor
Is Part Of: Book of Honor: Bangor Remembers Her Sons Who Died for Victory, 1941-1945; Bangor Public Library Special Collections
Language: English
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