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Personal info

Full name
RUNYON, Durell H
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32380492
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 98

Immediate family

Members
Durell Runyon (father)
Hattie H. Runyon (mother)

More information

S/Sgt Durrell H. Runyon enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 17 July 1942.

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 / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com

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