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Personal info

Full name
LARSEN, Tillman Davis
Date of birth
19 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Svensen, Clatsop County, Oregon
Hometown
Clatsop County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39307810
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Harz Mountains, east of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 30

Immediate family

Members
John H. Larsen (father)
Frances F. (Coffey) Larsen (mother)
Kate L. Larsen (sister)
Jack H. Larsen (brother)
Yetta J. Larsen (sister)
Frank Larsen (brother)

More information

Pfc Tillman D. Larsen worked as a fisherman before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 14 April 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Smith-Boone-Mifflen-Kingwell-Hopkins-Collins Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Audra Walley / Sherry Smith