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Personal info

Full name
ANGLIN, Vernon D
Date of birth
8 October 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Gibson, Gibson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Pierce, McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38590249
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bishwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 33 34

Immediate family

Members
Neal L. Anglin (father)
Rose L. (Langford) Anglin (mother)
William A. Anglin (brother)
Hugh O. Anglin (brother)
Mary I. Anglin (sister)
Lucille Anglin (sister)

More information

Pfc Vernon D. Anglin worked on a farm before he enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 1 October 1943.

He is remembered at the West Lawn Cemetery in Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.


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 / Branches of Denise and Jake Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Okie Bran, Henryetta Daily Free Lance - 8 May 1945