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Personal info

Full name
LENNON, Rufus H
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Manatee County, Florida

Military service

Service number
20420812
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division,
Weapons Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Near Zincourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 2

Immediate family

Members
Rufus H. Lennon (father)
Bertha Lennon (mother)
Lucille Lennon (sister)
Jaunita Lennon (sister)
Dallis Lennon (brother)

More information

Pvt Rufus H. Lennon attended Bradenton High School for one year. He joined the National Guard in Bradenton, Florida on 25 November 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, 124th Infantry - Gators Yearbook 1943