Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
EWING, Virgil
Date of birth
1908
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36032317
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Athienville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 29 46

Immediate family

Members
Eva A. Keonders (mother)

More information

T/5 Virgil Ewing enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 12 May 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen