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Personal info

Full name
KILBOURN, Floyd Edward
Date of birth
11 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Metamora, Lapeer County, California

Military service

Service number
39084793
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Engineer Combat Battalion,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
West of Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 34 16

Immediate family

Members
Floyd H. Kilbourn (father)
Margaret M. (Miller) Kilbourn (mother)
Bernice M. Kilbourn (sister)
Timothy Kilbourn (brother)

More information

Pvt Floyd E. Kilbourn attended high school for two years and was a brakeman with the New York Central Railroad before he enlisted in Sacramento, California on 17 November 1941.

He was killed by aerial bomb fragments to his chest.

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 / Frisbey Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - DLC
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