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Personal info

Full name
AYERS, John Townsend
Date of birth
28 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36859044
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 19

Immediate family

Members
Allan B. Ayers (father)
Mildred A. (Townsend) Ayers (mother)
Josephine M. Ayers (sister)
Lucia B. Ayers (sister)

More information

Pfc John T. Ayers was employed at the Crampton Manufacturing Company before he enlisted.

He is remembered at the Restlawn Memorial Gardens in Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Moyles Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Rayla / MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Scout