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Personal info

Full name
CLINE, Garland Willard
Date of birth
29 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Warren County, Kentucky
Hometown
Warren County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35710257
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 6 7

Immediate family

Members
Jim Cline (father)
Agatha (Cole) Cline (mother)

More information

Pfc Garland W. Cline enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 24 September 1943.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten