- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Private First Class
- Unit
- 1st Cavalry Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 01/11/1945
- Date of Birth
- 05/11/1923
- Date of Death
- 01/11/1945
- Hometown
- UNKNOWN, OH
- Burial Location
- Jefferson Barracks Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
- Monument Paver
- Yes
- Township (entering service)
- UNKNOWN
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- Wayne Rural High School
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 01/11/1945
- Where
- Libramont, Belgium
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
School: Wayne Rural High School. serial #35627558; listed on Franklin Co. casualty list; War Dept. file lists hometown as Franklin Co.; listed in 1930 Census for Washington Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio wife, Ruth Elaine Turner, filed Application for Compensation, claim #95520, dated 8/14/1948; WWII National Registry Honoree file submitted by Norman Renner lists hometown as Unionville, Ohio; no school records for Darby, Unionville, or Fairbanks; not listed in Union Co. School Annual, 1940-1943; no listing on 1940 Darby Township or Unionville maps for Union Co.; not listed in obituary file; not listed in surname file; not listed in Bouic Genealogy Index; not listed in 1936, 1938-1940 Union Co. Directories; not listed in 1933-1946 Union County Probate Court marriage records; buried in Section 82, Site 1J, Jefferson Barracks Cemetery; KIA
Source: Margia Renner; Esther Carmany; G.W. Claar; National Archives; 1930 Federal Census; Union Co. Engineer's Office; Union Co. Historical Society; Ohio Historical Society; Marysville Public Library; Fairbanks High School; Application for Compensation; | email from Ruth Turner (married to nephew of Roy Turner) to Esther Carmany, dated 05/11/2006