Grave marker for Terrill P. Knight in
the Willows Cemetery, Willows (Glenn county),
California.
Terrill was raised on a dairy farm in
Willows, CA [about 75 miles north
of Sacramento) along with at least two brothers.
The Willow Meadows Farm specialized in producing
milk from its herd of Jersey cows.
 Terrill
graduated from the local high school and was
accepted into the University of California,
Berkeley. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta
fraternity and his updated thumbnail photos appeared
in the fraternities' listings for the next four
years. In 1942, which should have been his
senior year, his photo and name appeared with an
asterisk denoting "*With The Armed Forces".
Terrill enlisted in the Army on 26
December 1941 went through basic training and jump
school. It was not until 9 August 1944 that 2nd Lt
Knight was transferred from the 11th Replacement
Depot in England to the 508th as an assistant
platoon leader. He was assigned to Company E and was
wounded in Belgium on 8 January 1945.. |
