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Personal info

Full name
TANNER, Paul Cecil
Date of birth
4 March 1907
Age
38
Place of birth
Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33299026
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Near Bartenstein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 26 32

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Tanner (father)
Della M. (Boyd) Tanner (mother)
Hazel A. Tanner (sister)

More information

T/5 Paul C. Tanner attended high school for one year and was a janitor before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 5 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He is remembered at the Beaver Center Cemetery in Beaver Center, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Pennsylvania Birth Certificates, www.findagrave.com – Larry R. Bish and Louisa A Bish Faw, www.10tharmored.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Larry R. Bish and Louisa A Bish Faw