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Personal info

Full name
MEADOWS, George Gibson
Date of birth
6 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Hometown
Keysville, Charlotte County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33543335
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
In the Voellerdingen vicinity, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 17 25

Immediate family

Members
John J. Meadows (father)
Lena H. (Garrett) Meadows (mother)
Clarence P. Meadows (brother)
Josephine H. Meadows (sister)
Lewis E. Meadows (brother)
Celeste I. Meadows (sister)
Bertha M. Meadows (sister)
Lena A. Meadows (sister)

More information

Pvt George G. Meadows enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 2 November 1943.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Meadows Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Records / Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945.

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