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Personal info

Full name
VARNER, Floyd Elbert
Date of birth
7 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cairo, Grady County, Georgia
Hometown
Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34818787
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 37

Immediate family

Members
William A. Varner (father)
Bess S. (Crew) Varner (mother)
Maxine Varner (sister)
Irby Varner (brother)
Betty Varner (sister)
Juanita Varner (sister)
Gwendolyn Varner (sister)

More information

Pvt. Floyd E. Varner worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Mc Clellan, Alabama on 15 November 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Williams Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Man, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Union-Banner - 2 November 1944