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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Tossie Howard Jr
Date of birth
12 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Madison, Boone County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15058539
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Fort Driant
In the vicinity of Ancy-sur-Moselle

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 67

Immediate family

Members
Tossie H. Miller Sr. (father)
Betty A. (Coon) Miller (mother)
Nell G. (Kirby) Miller (wife)

More information

Pfc. Tossie H. Miller joined the Regular Army at Ft. Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 23 October 1940.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Jackson Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len