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Personal info

Full name
BLACK, George Leon
Date of birth
28 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36420569
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kruchten-Hommerdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 22

Immediate family

Members
George Black (father)
Majory Black (mother)

More information

Pvt George L. Black attended college for three years before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 19 January 1943.

In January 1944, he was treated in a hospital because of food poisoning.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax and his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, newspaper article