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Personal info

Full name
DILLON, Ray
Date of birth
26 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Franklin County, Virginia
Hometown
Union Hall, Franklin County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33216961
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 5

Immediate family

Members
Waddie E. Dillon (father)
Elva E. (Mattox) Dillon (mother)
Eva Dillon (sister)
Virgie Dillon (sister)
Clifton Dillon (brother)
Mary Dillon (sister)
Garry Dillon (brother)
Kermit Dillon (brother)

More information

Cpl Ray Dillon worked on his own farm before he enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 11 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his thigh.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Dukes Hann Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy