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Personal info

Full name
VERDON, Earl John
Date of birth
26 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38654254
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Leipzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 20 14

Immediate family

Members
Henry W. Verdon (father)
Annie E. (Wall) Verdon (mother)
Carmelite Verdon (sister)
Henry Verdon (brother)
Paul Verdon (brother)
George Verdon (brother)
Alvin Verdon (brother)
Adolphe Verdon (brother)
Beauregard Verdon (brother)
Edmona Verdon (sister)
Alvera R. Verdon (sister)
Clair P. Verdon (sister)
Rosemary Verdon (sister)
Patricia Verdon (sister)
Elaine (Lee) Verdon (wife)

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Hans Wijnands, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Skinner Family Tree, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hans Wijnands