My name is Gerard Roggen and I am Belgian and a historian of the Battle of the Bulge.
I am looking for information about Willie L. Elam, serial number 38043752, who was killed in action near Amonines, Belgian on December 28, 1944. He served in the 3rd Armored Division, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment with his best friend Elmer C. Sherrer who serial number is 3800851.
Both of these men were killed in their jeep at the same place and were buried in a temporary American Cemetery at Fosses-la-Ville near Namur from 1944 in 1947. They now rest in peace in the American Cemetery of Henri-Chapelle.
Since 2002 I have been in contact with the Sherrer’s family. If you knew Willie L. Elam, who was from Mesquite Dallas, Texas please contact me.
Gerard Roggen
#66 Rue Haut-Vent
5070 Fosses La Ville, Belgium
- Gerard Roggen at the 3rd Armored Division Memorial – Amonines, BE
Read Gerard’s “The Heroic Defense of the Aisne Valley”