Yoder, Willis R. – ww2 Europe

Name and Rank, Private First Class Willis R. Yoder.

Unit/Placed in, 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division “Blue Ridge”.

Willis was born on Sep. 21, 1919 in Harrison, Champaign County, Ohio.

Father, Elmer Lester Yoder.

Mother, Bertha Florence Yoder.

Sisters, Kathryn C. and Margret Pauline Yoder.

Brother, Winfred L. Yoder.

Half-Brother, Donald E. Yoder.

Willi entered the Service from Columbia, Ohio in Nov. 11, 1943 with service number # 35295552.

Willis R. Yoder was a Private First Class/Soldier in the 319th Infantry regiment.

Willis R. Yoder was KIA at Klein Reisdorf, Germany, on Feb. 16, 1945, and is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Combat Infantry Medal, Marksmanship Badge, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

And he is buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle,
Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium.

Thanks to the 80thdivision.com http://www.80thdivision.com/ Fields of honor http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-henri-chapelle-y/56513-yoder-willis-r

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=80448

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9QMJ-6B4

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