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Personal info

Full name
STRAWN, John Jr
Date of birth
19 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana
Hometown
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
O1014590
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 14 61

Immediate family

Members
John Strawn Sr. (father)
Jean (Milleson) Strawn (mother)

More information

2nd Lt John Strawn Jr. a former student of Butler University for a year before enlisting in February 1942.
He is remembered at the Whiteman Cemetery in Michigantown, Clinton County, Indiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Neal Clark Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com – Judy / Linda Carole Mustion, www.ancestry.com – The Indianapolis Star 16 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Judy, www.ancestry.com – The Indianapolis Star 16 March 1945