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Personal info

Full name
COLBERT, Floyd
Date of birth
1 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
Hometown
Monroe County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35161433
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 10 55

Immediate family

Members
Homer Colbert (father)
Effie F. (Baker) Colbert (mother)
Defern Hacker (stepfather)
Russell M. Colbert (brother)
Golda F. Shipley (half-sister)
Marjorie Shipley (half-sister)
John I. Shipley (half-brother)
Sherman C. Shipley (half-brother)

More information

Pvt Floyd Colbert enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 14 June 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet