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Personal info

Full name
HUIE, Lilburn Van
Date of birth
5 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Calloway County, Kentucky
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36523169
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 13 4

Immediate family

Members
Lilburn C. Huie (father)
Mary A. (Wilson) Huie (mother)
James F. Huie (brother)
Clifford H. Huie (brother)
Robert W. Huie (brother)
Billy J. Huie (brother)

More information

Pvt Lilburn V. Huie was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Charles & Ann, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_hj.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Alexander Downs Ward Fain Family Tree / Kentucky Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Murray Ledger & Times 25 January 1945