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Personal info

Full name
GARLAND, John Reuben
Date of birth
9 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Red Hill, Mitchell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34491131
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
Zundert, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 4 42

Immediate family

Members
Reuben Garland (father)
Mary P. Garland (mother)
Mack Wiseman (foster father)
Ethel Wiseman (foster mother)
Frank Garland (brother)

More information

John Garland attended Lamar High School and worked as a farm hand before he enlisted at Fort Oglethore, Georgia on 4 November 1942. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He is remembered at the Mount Wesley Cemetery in Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Allen D. Jackson