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Personal info

Full name
GREESON, Homer Steede
Date of birth
3 January 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Gordon County, Georgia
Hometown
Resaca, Gordon County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
44050871
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
Obermehlen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 3

Immediate family

Members
George D. Greeson (father)
Martha R. Greeson (mother)
Roy P. Greeson (brother)
Frances M. (Hobgood) Greeson (wife)
Norma K. Greeson (daughter)

More information

Pfc Homer S. Greeson worked as a clerk before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 10 May 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / Hug Family Tree / U.S. Social Security Death Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet