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Personal info

Full name
TURNER, George Porter
Date of birth
11 November 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36005299
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Near Heilbronn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 16 29

Immediate family

Members
George K. Turner (father)
Marion (Sylvester) Turner (mother)
Grace M. Turner (sister)

More information

1st Sgt George P. Turner attended college for four years and was a post office clerk before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 24 February 1941.
He killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cook County Illinois Birth Certificates Index / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com
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