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Personal info

Full name
LANIER, Alvin
Date of birth
26 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bulloch County, Georgia
Hometown
Nevils, Bulloch County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34826706
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
741st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
East of Rocherath - Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 56

Immediate family

Members
Aden L. Lanier (father)
Eliza M. (Wilkinson) Lanier (mother)
Imman Lanier (brother)
Helen Lanier (sister)
H.B. Lanier (brother)
Betty Lanier (sister)
Elisabeth Lanier (sister)

More information

Pvt Alvin Lanier enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 4 August 1943.

He attended 4 years of high school and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Leo Minne, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / various family trees http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 741st Tank Battalion

Photo source: Peter Schouteten