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Personal info

Full name
NEUMAN, Marion Kenneth
Date of birth
5 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
Hometown
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37264667
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 8 22

Immediate family

Members
August Neuman (father)
Mary Neuman (mother)
Gladys Neuman (sister)
Evelyn Neuman (sister)
Ernest Neuman (brother)

More information

Pvt Marion K. Neuman enlisted at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 7 October 1942.

He was employed at Dempsters prior to entering the service. He attended Beatrice High School. Pvt Neuman had been in the service three years, two of which he spent overseas.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.myheritage.nl - Beatrice Daily Sun

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.myheritage.nl - Beatrice Daily Sun