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Personal info

Full name
CORNETT, John Luster
Date of birth
11 December 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky
Hometown
Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38697258
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Near Herbitzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 29 39

Immediate family

Members
James R. Cornett (father)
Kitsey M. L. (Howard) Cornett (mother)
Bishmuth Cornett (brother)
Russel Cornett (brother)
Eliza Cornett (sister)
William Cornett (brother)
Anna Cornett (sister)
Virgie Cornett (sister)
Evelyn Cornett (sister)
Thomas W. Cornett (brother)
Crawford M. Cornett (brother)
Rosie Cornett (sister)
Ollie B. Cornett (sister)
Ester Cornett (sister)
Rebel B. Cornett (brother)
James Cornett (brother)
Mona B. (Bailey) Cornett (wife)
Kitsey C. Cornett (daughter)
Hazel I. Cornett (daughter)

More information

Pvt John L. Cornett worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 21 April 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Briar Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
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