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Personal info

Full name
MONTGOMERY, Sheridan
Date of birth
27 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lawrence County, Alabama
Hometown
Lawrence County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
35505482
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 31

Immediate family

Members
Bertha Montgomery (sister)
Mattie Montgomery (sister)
Bluitt Montgomery (brother)
Emmett Montgomery (brother)

More information

Pfc Sheridan Montgomery worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 24 July 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, Remembering Alabama Fallen

Photo source: Decatur Daily