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Personal info

Full name
SOMERS, Howard L
Date of birth
7 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Oxford, Oakland County, Michigan
Hometown
Oxford, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16044631
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 1 2

Immediate family

Members
Lorenzo Somers (father)
Flossie (Davison) Somers (mother)
Verne Snyder (stepfather)
Bernice G. Somers (sister)
Bernard D. Somers (brother)

More information

Pvt Howard L. Somers graduated from Oxford High School in 1939 before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 12 January 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, Susan Linton - Digital Michigan Newspaper Portal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Digital Michigan Newspaper Portal / Oxford 1939 High School Graduation class