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Personal info

Full name
TAVINER, John W
Date of birth
5 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
San Diego, San Diego County, California
Hometown
San Diego, San Diego County, California

Military service

Service number
39289171
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
27th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Büdesheim/Eifel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John Taviner (father)
Nellie R. (Webb) Taviner (mother)
Edgar Taviner (half brother)
Grace Taviner (half sister)
William Taviner (half brother)
Nelson Taviner (half brother)
Nelson W. Taviner (twin brother)

More information

Pfc John W. Taviner attended high school for four years. He was employed in the machine shop at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation.
He enlisted on 16 March 1943 in Los Angeles, California.

He was taken prisoner on 24 December 1944 in Belgium. According to German records, Pfc Taviner died in Feldlazarett 257 of gunshot wounds in the head and both thighs. This German field hospital was stationed in the schoolhouse of Büdesheim/Eifel, Germany at that time and he was initially buried at the local cemetery.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Army Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoner of War Record / WWII Draft Card, IDPF of William H. Craig

Photo source: www.findagrave.com