Agar, William Scott – ww2 Europe

Rank and Name, Captain William Simon Agar.

Unit/Placed, 6^th Armored Infantry Regiment, 1^st Armored Infantry Division “Old Ironsides “

William was born on Oct. 9, 1918 in Mercer County, New Jersey.

Father, Herbert Sebastian Agar.

Mother, Adeline (Scot) Agar.

Sister, Agnes Agar.

Wife, Lily (Buchanan) Agar.

Son, Raymond Scott Agar.

William enlisted the Army in Trenton, New Jersey on June 30, 1941 with service number # O-454484.

William’s rank/duty was a Captain 6st Battalion in the 6^th Armored Infantry Regiment.

William was KIA during the fights in the streets and the City of Rome, on June 5, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksmanship Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

William is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.

Thanks to http://www.custermen.com/ItalyWW2/Units/FirstArmd.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org