William may have been working in a sheet metal trade when his National Guard unit was federalized in February 1941. William was assigned to B Company 116th Infantry on 6 Jun 1944 for the amphibious assault in which he was killed in action.We know that only 1 soldier on Willam's LCVP survived the day. William and many others were killed almost immediately when the ramp dropped by machinegun fire from a position directly in front of the boat.
PFC Drumheller was returned to the U.S. and is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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