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Personal info

Full name
COLLINS, John Edward
Date of birth
22 April 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi
Hometown
Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34476342
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 May 1945
Place of death
Near Passau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 17 30

Immediate family

Members
Maude C. Collins (mother)

More information

T/5 John E. Collins worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 1 November 1942.

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, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
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