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Personal info

Full name
DEANS, Ashley Worth
Date of birth
10 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Johnston County, North Carolina
Hometown
Micro, Johnston County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34457071
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 23

Immediate family

Members
Jesse F. Deans (father)
Mamie (Lane) Deans (mother)
Ethel M. Deans (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Ashley W. Deans attended high school for 4 years and was a farmer before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 14 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Rose Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – WWII Young American Patriots