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Personal info

Full name
MINOR, Owen Henderson
Date of birth
2 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Gravel Switch, Marion County, Michigan
Hometown
Gravel Switch, Marion County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36150924
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 8

Immediate family

Members
James W. Minor (father)
Elvira K. (Followell) Minor (mother)
Evelyn M. Minor (sister)
Laura E. Minor (sister)
Bessie C. Minor (sister)
Marvin L. Minor (brother)
Margie W. Minor (sister)
Elbert B. Minor (brother)
Lucille Minor (sister)
James H. Minor (brother)

More information

T/5 Owen H. Minor worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 28 January 1941.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / My 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, www.ancestry.com– Mary Robison