WW2 Fallen - William Impey, 10th Mountain Division

Sgt. William Impey served in the 10th Mountain Division in Italy.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59267963/william-francis-impey
https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/10th-mountain-division-collection 

William Frances Impey never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

If you have enjoyed reading the stories of the WW2 fallen, Can you help write some stories? It's a big project. The more help, the better.  Announcing "The Stories Behind the Stars", see https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org. This crowd-sourced national project has the goal of compiling stories of all 400,000+ of the US World War 2 fallen in one free-to-access central database.  Anyone visiting a war memorial or gravesite will be able to scan the name of the fallen with a smartphone and his story will appear on the phone.

William was born on May 8, 1920 in Houston, Missouri. His parents David and Louise were also both born in Missouri. His father worked as a lawyer. William had one older sister, one younger sister, and one younger brother. By 1940 William had completed four years of high school and was still living at home. 

He volunteered for the army in September 1940. He was sent to North Africa in April 1943. I don't know what unit he was in. I don't know the circumstances, but at some point he volunteered for to be part of the 10th Mountain Division which arrived in Italy in December 1944. There were nearly 7,000 replacements needed to fill the places of those lost from January through May 1945. He served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment. He reached the rank of sergeant.

Sgt. Impey was killed in action on April 15, 1945 when he was felled by a German sniper near Hill 913. This was just a few days after future US senator Bob Dole, who served in the same regiment, was grievously injured. Dole was one of more than 1,400 Mountaineers wounded during this seven day push. Sgt. Impey was one of 370 killed during this same period.

His grave is at Pine Lawn Cemetery in Houston, Missouri.

Thank you Sgt. Impey for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for William.

Last year on this date I profiled B-25 pilot Henry Sabotka. You can read about Henry here.

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