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Personal info

Full name
EVANS, Oscar Franklin
Date of birth
18 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Richmond Dale, Ross County, Ohio
Hometown
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
32291309
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
69th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 26 23

Immediate family

Members
Paris T. Evans (father)
Nancy E. (Baker) Evans (mother)
Mabel E. Evans (sister)
Hazel E. Evans (sister)
Chester Evans (brother)
Ethel E. Evans (sister)
Carlton C. Evans (brother)

More information

Pfc Oscar F. Evans worked on a farm before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 14 April 1942. He was sent overseas in January 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Ham, Luxembourg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - www.findagrave.comwww.newspapers.com
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