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Personal info

Full name
MADDOX, John R
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Zolfo Springs, Highlands County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34545189
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 46

Immediate family

Members
Walter L. Maddox (father)
Helen L. Maddox (mother)
Walter A. Maddox (brother)

More information

Sgt John R. Maddox was a retail manager before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 20 February 1943.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Major M