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Personal info

Full name
COLEMAN, Lloyd George
Date of birth
10 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Honaker, Russell County, Virginia
Hometown
Coalwood, McDowell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15116085
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Saint-Hubert, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 36

Immediate family

Members
Ruben Coleman (father)
Rosa E. Coleman (mother)
Helen G. Coleman (sister)
Clarence H. Coleman (brother)
Louise Coleman (sister)
Geraldine Coleman (sister)
Joe H. Coleman (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Lloyd G. Coleman attended college for one year and was a clerk general office before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 15 July 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, 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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Bill Wheeler
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Bill Wheeler