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Personal info

Full name
SILVERS, Floyd J
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Cambridge, Cowley County, Kansas
Hometown
Cambridge, Cowley County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37254032
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Courcelles-sur-Nied, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 38 21

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Silvers (father)
Lula M. (Nichols) Silvers (mother)
Allan Silvers (brother)
Helen M. Silvers (sister)

More information

Pfc Floyd J. Silvers was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Littrell - Prevett Family Tree / Draft Registration, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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