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EASTMAN, Raymond Wesley - Date of
birth
9 November 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Alphalfa County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38693470 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 27 | 24 |
Immediate family
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Members
Raymond W. Eastman (father)
Ella B. (Atkinson) Eastman (mother)
Neal B. Eastman (brother)
June L. (Pollock) Eastman (wife)
More information
Pfc Raymond W. Eastman attended college for four years and was an accountant before he enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 30 March 1944.He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schönberg, Belgium on 21 December 1944.
He died in Stalag XII-A during a British night air raid. The intented target was the railway station in Diez, but some flares, dropped by the pathfinder aircraft, drifted off course in a strong wind and strayed into the POW camp. The bombs of RAF Mosquitos did not miss the highlighted target of a concrete building, housing mostly medical personnel.
He is remembered at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancesty.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Torgus Family Tree / WWII Prisoners of War, www.indianamilitary.org/106ID
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach