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Personal info

Full name
DILLARD, George Odes
Date of birth
30 August 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Greenville County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34210398
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Geronsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 10 10

Immediate family

Members
George O. Dillard (father)
Elizabeth B. (Golden) Dillard (mother)
Ruth Dillard (sister)
Kate Killard (sister)
Louise I. Dillard (sister)
Paul A. Dillard (brother)
Benny Dillard (brother)
Helen E. (Dickson) Dillard (wife)
Dorothea J. Dillard (daughter)
George O. Dillard (son)

More information

Pfc George O. Dillard was a salesman before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 10 February 1942.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as 41st Infantry Battalion

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA, www.newspapers.com - The Greeville News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ellen Dunn / Allie Anthony (great-great-granddaughter)