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Personal info

Full name
SAUNDERS, Guy Smitherman
Date of birth
8 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina
Hometown
Troy, Montgomery County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34863141
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
Near Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 27

Immediate family

Members
Tom B. Saunders (father)
Pallie (Cranford) Saunders (mother)
Alfred H. Saunders (brother)
Thomas E. Saunders (brother)
Harris L. Saunders (brother)
Rex Saunders (brother)
Martha E. Saunders (sister)
Clifford C. Saunders (brother)
Frances L. (Wood) Saunders (wife)

More information

Pfc Guy S. Saunders attended the Sanford University. In 1942 he followed Defence courses.

He enlisted at Fort Brag, North Carolina on 16 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments, which hit him in the stomach.

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