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Personal info

Full name
SPOOR, John R
Date of birth
20 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
England
Hometown
Gardenville, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32029399
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sinspelt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 4 29

Immediate family

Members
William R. Spoor (father)
Marion Spoor (mother)
Oswald W. Spoor (brother)
Andrew Spoor (brother)
Hilda Spoor (sister)
Constance Spoor (sister)
William A. Spoor (brother)
Stella M. Spoor (sister)
Mary Spoor (wife)

More information

S/Sgt John R. Spoor attended South Park High School and was employed at Ford Motor Company.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 6 January 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / New York State Census 1915 / New York State Census 1925, AAR 53rd Infantry Battalion July 1944 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier