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Personal info

Full name
SPAIN, George W
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
38600460
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Niederwürzbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 15 16

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Spain (father)
Marguerite Spain (mother)
Betty J. (Earl) Spain (wife)

More information

T/5 George W. Spain attended high school for 3 years and was a machinist before he enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 3 December 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ford Montano Family Tree / Arkansas County Marriages Index, http://www.45thdivision.org
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