William George Westmoreland Jr (1917 - 1966)

Born 15 Nov 1917 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Jul 1966 at age 48 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

William Westmoreland Jr is a part of US Black heritage.

William George Westmoreland, son of William Westmoreland and Olive White, was born in 1917.^[1] He passed away in Detroit in 1966 and is buried in South View Cemetery in Atlanta. ^[2]

His younger brother, Walter, was a Tuskegee airman who was killed in action in 1944 in Europe.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry Record 2238 #267881489 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1288
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4K78-GNT2 : 5 August 2020), William George Westmoreland, ; Burial, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States of America, South View Cemetery; citing record ID 201758399, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJDZ-T92 : 1 February 2021), William West*ld, Jr in entry for William G West*ld, 1920,showing Mulatto.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3QBW-VT2 : accessed 6 July 2021), William G Westmoreland in household of W G Westmoreland, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 59, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .