William E. Truxton

Private

Company K
311th Infantry Regiment

Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: February 7, 1918

Private William E. Truxton was the son of George E. and Rose Truxton, who lived at different times in Chesterfield Township and in Moorestown in Burlington County. He was living at 416 North 29th Street in Camden NJ when he registered for the draft on June 5, 1917. William Truxton later moved to 121 North 21st Street in East Camden. He had been ill for a year prior to being inducted on September 20, 1917. Once sent to Camp Dix NJ he was assigned to Company K, 311th Infantry Regiment. At Camp Dix his illness progressed, and he wasted quickly. He became so ill that on a visit home he was unable to return to his unit. William Truxton was removed to the Camden County Tuberculosis Asylum at Ancora, New Jersey, where he died from pneumonia and tuberculosis on February 7, 1918, at the age of 21.

William Truxton was survived by his parents, brothers George Jr., Frank, John, Raymond, Norman, and Milton, and sisters E. Mary, Mildred, and Dorothy. The family was living in Chesterfield, New Jersey in 1920. They later moved to Pennsauken, New Jersey, where they lived in April of 1930 at 3825 Union Avenue.