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Personal info

Full name
TURNER, Lawson Ben
Date of birth
21 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia
Hometown
Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
7020324
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 5

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin H. Turner (father)
Lourie E. Turner (mother)
Edwin E. Turner (brother)
Victoria A. Turner (sister)
Viola B. Turner (sister)
Lois A. Turner (sister)

More information

Pvt Lawson B. Turner worked as a lawyer or judge.

He joined the Regular Army at Pinecastle Army Air Field, Florida on 5 January 1940.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery