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Personal info

Full name
MEADOWS, Austin
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Caroll County, Kentucky
Hometown
Trimble County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35071670
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 42

Immediate family

Members
Jesse C. Meadows (father)
Laurie (Stewart) Meadows (mother)
Nora Meadows (sister)
Ralph Meadows (brother)
Ella M. Meadows (sister)
Bennie Meadows (brother)
Fannie Meadows (sister)
Levy Meadows (brother)

More information

Pfc. Austin Meadows enlisted at Ft. Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 9 March 1944.

He worked in a chemical plant before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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