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Personal info

Full name
TRUMAN, Arthur
Date of birth
17 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Hometown
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35443467
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
111th Engineer Combat Battalion,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 10

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Truman (father)
Annie L. (Wilberforce) Truman (mother)
Doris M. Truman (sister)
Alfred Truman (brother)
Evelyn E. Truman (sister)
Gladys L. Truman (sister)
Edith T. Truman (sister)
Mildred Truman (sister)

More information

Cpl Arthur Truman was a driver before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 28 August 1942. he was sent overseas ib April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / The whole story, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – The Raleigh Register - 17 September 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – WWII Young American Patriots / Lynda Swope