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Personal info

Full name
MASTIN, Norris Mearl
Date of birth
6 May 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri
Hometown
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37004914
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
19 December 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Earl F. Mastin (father)
Anna O. (Coddington) Mastin (mother)
Dwight E. Mastin (brother)
Edna (Swiney) Mastin (wife)

More information

Sgt Norris M. Mastin attended North East High School and was employed as a printer at the Quality Letter and Stationery before he enlisted.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - Numerical Identification File 1936-2007, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Missouri Jackson County Marriage Records 1840-1985 / 1920/1930/1940 Census, https://warfarehistorynetwork.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Kansas City Star - 31 January 1945