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Personal info

Full name
LANDRUM, Tinsley Varner Jr
Date of birth
4 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Appalachee, Morgan County, Georgia
Hometown
Morgan County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34443151
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 6 50

Immediate family

Members
Tinsley V. Landrum (father)
Mattie L. (Sims) Landrum (mother)
Annie L. Landrum (sister)
Susie M. Landrum (sister)
Neely Landrum (sister)
Nellie Landrum (sister)
Alma L. Landrum (sister)
Judson T. Landrum (brother)
Robert E. Landrum (brother)
Patricia Landrum (sister)

More information

Pfc Tinsley V. Landrum Jr. enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 21 September 1942.

He worked in a sawmill before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 13th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – Allen

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet