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Personal info

Full name
SUMMERS, Denvil Dale
Date of birth
21 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Jackson County, West Virginia
Hometown
Belle, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
6989240
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 18

Immediate family

Members
Leftridge R. Summers (father)
Ida V. (Jordan) Summers (mother)
Ruby M. Summers (sister)
Robert W. Summers (brother)
Audrey Summers (sister)
Farris R. Summers (brother)
Eugene O. Summers (brother)
June G. Summers (sister)
Stafford C. Summers (brother)
Hansford I. Summers (brother)
Rosemary H. (Cole) Summers (wife)
Dale E. Summers (son)
Virginia J. Summers (daughter)

More information

Cpl Denvil D. Summers joined the Regular Army on 26 June 1940.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census, After Action Report 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, West Virginia Memory Project

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, James Summers - courtesy of West Virginia Memory Project