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Personal info

Full name
LAWHORN, Waymon Rex
Date of birth
11 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama
Hometown
Campbell County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34889677
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
Robinson Island near Visé, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 10

Immediate family

Members
John B. Lawhorn (father)
Maggie M. Lawhorn (mother)
Ben F. Lawhorn (brother)
Martha Lawhorn (sister)
Allie B. Lawhorn (sister)
Bertha E. (Tant) Lawhorn (wife)

More information

Pvt Lawhorn enlisted on 23 November 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

He was killed by a German sniper.

His death is officially listed as Wednesday, 13 September 1944, although some reports have his death as two days earlier.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://etvma.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Tant_Angela