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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Sidney Floyd
Date of birth
8 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Pineville, Smith County, Mississippi
Hometown
Scott County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34131203
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 20 5

Immediate family

Members
Lemuel J. Lewis (father)
Prudy (Jones) Lewis (mother)
William H. Lewis (brother)
Lois E. Lewis (brother)
Beatrice M. Lewis (sister)
Ava D. Lewis (sister)
Lemuel J. Lewis Jr. (brother)
John T. Lewis (brother)
Melba J. (Donald) Lewis (wife)

More information

Pfc Sidney F. Lewis was initially buried at the AGRS Mausoleum in Griesheim, Germany.

His brother Lemuel J. Lewis Jr. is also buried at Margraten.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Petty-Lewis Family Tree