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Personal info

Full name
WAGGONER, Gus A
Date of birth
20 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38521527
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 19 25

Immediate family

Members
Sam A. Waggoner (father)
Ivy (Dell) Waggoner (mother)
William Waggoner (brother)
Jessie Waggoner (brother)
Beulah I. Waggoner (sister)
Ida E. Waggoner (sister)
Wallace Waggoner (brother)
John Waggoner (brother)

More information

Pvt Gus A. Waggoner was employed at the Brown Paper Mill Company.

He enlisted in Shreveport, Louisiana on 29 September 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, 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 / Burnett Waggoner Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Burnett Waggoner Family Tree