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Personal info

Full name
HANDLIN, Arthur Andy
Date of birth
12 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Hometown
Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38287625
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 5

Immediate family

Members
Lonnie Handlin (father)
Stella (Clavinger) Handlin (mother)
Lillian (Strouhal) Handlin (wife)

More information

Sgt. Arthur A. Handlin was a driver.

He enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 30 November 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of 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 / Texas Birth Certificates, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, newspaper article