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Personal info

Full name
GARNER, Layton Yates
Date of birth
9 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Union County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34859156
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 14 5

Immediate family

Members
Boyce Garner (father)
Myrthe Garner (mother)
Mary G. Garner (sister)
Harold J. Garner (brother)
Kathleen B. (Carroll) Garner (wife)

More information

Pvt Layton Y. Garner enlisted in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 22 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wiimemorial.com - Kathleen B. Carroll, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Social Security Death Index / WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, John Morrison