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Personal info

Full name
AVERY, Raymond L
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
6594453
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 19 16

Immediate family

Members
Ralph E. Avery (father)
Frances Avery (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Raymond L. Avery enlisted in the Regular army in Nacagdoches, Texas on 5 April 1940.

He attended post graduate studies and worked as a lumberman before he enlisted. He was first buried at the U.S. Temporary Cemetery of Limey near Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 

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