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Personal info

Full name
MANNING, Alton Lemon
Date of birth
14 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Roanoke County, Virginia
Hometown
Roanoke County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33887629
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 104

Immediate family

Members
Homer W. Manning (father)
Viola J. (Wimmer) Manning (mother)
Malcolm H. Manning (brother)
Gordon W. Manning (brother)
Carmel B. Manning (sister)
Connie C. Manning (sister)
Thelma G. (Bartlett) Manning (wife)
Homer W. Manning (son)
Thomas G. Manning (son)
Evelyn Manning (daughter)
Arlene Manning (daughter)
Darlene D. Manning (daughter)

More information

Pvt Alton L. Manning enlisted in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 8 May 1944.

He attended high school for 1 year and was a fireman before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / John Wilson Family Tree / Virginia Marriage Records / Roanoke Veterans Memorial, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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