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Personal info

Full name
AXTON, Floyd Jesse
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
6669072
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schoos, North of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 1 3

Immediate family

Members
Floyd C. Axton (father)
Ada E. (Bilderback) Axton (mother)
William B. Axton (brother)
Roy D. Axton (brother)
Barbara J. Axton (sister)
Genevieve I. (Volenski) Axton (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Floyd J. Axton worked in the petroleum industry before he joined the Regular Army on 2 November 1939.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Mally Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery