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Personal info

Full name
SIGLIN, George E
Date of birth
24 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Noxen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33604507
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
624th Ordnance Ammunition Company
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
27 April 1945
Place of death
Marburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 4 18

Immediate family

Members
George W. Siglin (father)
Roxie M. (Swingle) Siglin (mother)
Carl C. Siglin (brother)
Guy B. Siglin (brother)
James H. Siglin (brother)
Raymon E. Siglin (brother)
Glenn H. Siglin (brother)
Shirley M. Siglin (sister)
Charlotte A. (Keefe) Siglin (sister)

More information

Pfc George E. Siglin was employed as a clerk by Albert Ruff before he enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 29 April 1943. He trained at a camp in North Carolina.

He was accidentally killed about 4 PM. He had been making an inventory of some ammunition stored at an ammunition depot when a stack of ammunition nearby exploded.

His brother James H. Siglin is also buried at Margraten Cemetery

A third brother, Sgt Carl Siglin, served in England.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Charlotte Keefe, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Ronswing / Veteran Compansation Application File

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Ronswing