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Personal info

Full name
DEAVER, Raymond Lester
Date of birth
3 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Eastland, Eastland County, Texas
Hometown
Vancouver, Clark County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39213130
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Bad Orb, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 70

Immediate family

Members
Ramond L. Deaver (father)
Eva “Elvie” L. (Morrison) Deaver (mother)
William C. Deaver (brother)
Othel W. Deaver (brother)

More information

Pvt Raymond L. Deaver enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 11 August 1943.

He was taken prisoner around 18 December 1944 and taken to Stalag IX-B where he died of malnutrition.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940 – 1947 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, After Action report 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion

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