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Personal info

Full name
PALMER, Lyndreth Leon
Date of birth
14 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
38275496
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 25 15

Immediate family

Members
William P. Palmer (father)
Clara M. (Mopope) Palmer (mother)
Charles Palmer (brother)
Clara R. Palmer (sister)
Esther Palmer (sister)
Katherine Palmer (sister)
Gus Palmer (brother)
Dixon T. Palmer (brother)
Lorraine C. Palmer (sister)
William L. Palmer (brother)

More information

Cpl Lyndreth L. Palmer was employed at the Assembly Plant.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Cokeman 2, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Eric Jawurek