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Personal info

Full name
GREER, George Oliver
Date of birth
14 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Baskin, Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38387967
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 12 20

Immediate family

Members
Richard S. Greer (father)
Nancy E. (Massey) Greer (mother)
Annie B. Greer (sister)
Clifton F. Greer (brother)
Haven E. Greer (sister)

More information

Pvt George O. Greer was a driver before he enlisted in Shreveport, Louisiana on 28 January 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / McCartney Family Tree, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

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