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Personal info

Full name
MAXWELL, Floyd
Date of birth
6 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Dick Johnson, Clay County, Indiana
Hometown
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35506016
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Niederzerf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 2 17

Immediate family

Members
Alfred Maxwell (father)
Mary (Matthews) Maxwell (mother)
Charles Maxwell (brother)
Betty Maxwell (sister)
William Maxwell (brother)
Mary K. Maxwell (sister)
Edith Maxwell (sister)
Flora Maxwell (sister)
James Maxwell (brother)
Earl F. Maxwell (brother)
Helen Maxwell (sister)

More information

Pvt Floyd Maxwell attended high school for four years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 7 August 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments at his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten