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Personal info

Full name
CANOY, Wendell S
Date of birth
17 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Wardell, Pemiscot County, Missouri
Hometown
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Military service

Service number
36549720
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Brandenburg - Lanscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 10 1

Immediate family

Members
Samuel A. Canoy (father)
Ida M. (Brendt) Canoy (mother)
Clarence Canoy (brother)
Clyde A. Canoy (brother)
Eval C. Canoy (brother)
Hazel E. Canoy (sister)
James F. Canoy (brother)
Loren S. Canoy (brother)
Vera H. (MacDonald) Canoy (wife)

More information

Pfc. Wendell S. Canoy worked on a farm before he enlisted.

On the picture of the marker of Wendell is his brother James.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Canoy Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Carole L. Alexander, www.ancestry.com - jpgantz1