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Personal info

Full name
TURNER, Troy Ray
Date of birth
13 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cave City, Sharp County, Arkansas
Hometown
Sharp County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38600940
Rank
Private
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
In the hamlet of Coulee, Belgium (between Wanne and Grand-Halleux)

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 10 40

Immediate family

Members
Charlie Turner (father)
Gertie Turner (mother)
Maida Turner (sister)
Edgar Turner (brother)
Jack Turner (brother)
Louise Turner (sister)
Lowell Turner (brother)
Nona M. Turner (sister)
Lena C. Turner (sister)
Morris Turner (brother)

More information

Troy Turner worked on his father's farm before he enlisted on 9 December 1943 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Per Leonard Eischens: I was ammo-bearer on the 13th January 1945 and first Jones, then Troy R. Turner got killed. They were first and second gunners. The trees from here to the shop doorway (20-25 feet) were six feet tall and “gaboing” they went down to about three feet. They got their legs shot off. A shell landed right between them.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards / 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.battleofthebulgememories.be - Leonard EISCHENS / Tom MELCHIOR, www.wwiimemorial.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet