William J. Love

William J. Love Jr.

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/17/1944

William J. Love Jr. was born in New York on September 21, 1921.

He enlisted in the Regular Army on February 11, 1942 at Fort McPherson, Georgia. His home of residence
was listed as Fulton County, Georgia, and he listed his civilian occupation as coppersmiths, tinsmiths and
sheet metal workers. He had completed Grammar School and was single with no dependents.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

The date of his assignment to the 22nd Infantry is unknown but he was with the Regiment
at least by December 1942 as his name is listed in a Company roster on a menu for the
Christmas Dinner of Company A 22nd Infantry at Camp Gordon, Georgia in December 1942. *

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Private First Class in Headquarters 22nd Infantry
General Orders No. 5 dated June 8, 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Private First Class Love was killed in action in Normandy, France, on June 17, 1944
during the attack toward Cherbourg.

Decorations of William J. Love

William J. Love Jr. was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #1 at Carentan, France and his remains were later returned to
the United States where he was interred in Georgia on October 29, 1948.

Burial:
Marietta National Cemetery
Marietta
Cobb County
Georgia, USA
Plot: Section G, 8316-D

Grave marker for William J. Love Jr.

Photo from Ancestry.com

* Courtesy of Julien Woestyn

Top photo of William J. Love Jr. courtesy of Theophile Odaert
Note 22nd Infantry insignia on his cap and coat lapel

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