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Personal info

Full name
WAGONER, Raymond Russell
Date of birth
11 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
Hometown
Groom, Carson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38147107
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
Near Kesfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 24

Immediate family

Members
James E. Wagoner (father)
Annie L. (Kneass) Wagoner (mother)
Robert E. Wagoner (brother)
William A. B. Wagoner (brother)
Joseph B. Wagoner (brother)
Victor Wagoner (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Raymond R. Wagoner graduated from Groom High School and West Texas state College. He worked on an animal farm.

He enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 21 March 1942.

He was seriously wounded on 28 July 1944 and was evacuated to a hospital in England. He returned to active duty on 3 September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Tubers & Twigs / Texas, Birth Certificates, www.newspapers.com - Amarillo Daily News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Amarillo Sunday News Globe 4 March 1945, www.ancestry.com - West Texas State College Yearbook 1938