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Personal info

Full name
SOUTHERN, Loyd J
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35735120
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Luchem, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 37

Immediate family

Members
Betty Southern (wife)

More information

Pvt Loyd J. Southern enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 26 October 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block Z, Row 2, Grave 25.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet