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Personal info

Full name
HOVLAND, Vernon Loyd
Date of birth
15 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Le Roy, Mower County, Minnesota
Hometown
Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37594392
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 19

Immediate family

Members
Ove W. Hovland (father)
Lena E. (Mossyge) Hovland (mother)
Glenn L. Hovland (brother)
Elaine A. Hovland (sister)
Catherine L. (Peterson) Hovland (wife)
Richard Hovland (son)
Virginia Hovland (daughter)

More information

Pvt Vernon L. Hovland attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 6 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck and back.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Delphine Richter Thomas, Austin Daily Herald - 14 July 1945