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Personal info

Full name
PROCTOR, Loren Wright
Date of birth
3 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Huddleston, Montague County, Texas
Hometown
Huddleston, Montague County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38048570
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 19

Immediate family

Members
Micajah A. Proctor (father)
Ethel M. Proctor (mother)
Lester Proctor (brother)
Nora L. (Hanhour) Proctor (sister)
Ethel (Caswell) Proctor (sister)
Homer W. Proctor (brother)
Charlotte H. Proctor (sister)
Mary F. (Goff) Proctor (sister)
Wanda R. Proctor (sister)
Marvin A. Proctor (brother)
Dale Proctor (brother)
Clarence Proctor (brother)
Marie Proctor (wife)

More information

Pfc Proctor served with his unit since the North African campaign and also saw action on Sicily. He was, together with his unit, sent to England in November 1943 in preparation for the invasion of France on D-Day.

Note: In the ABMC database, the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment is incorrectly listed as the 41st Infantry Battalion.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Wise County Messenger 30 November 1944

Photo source: Peter Schouteten