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Personal info

Full name
ALEXANDER, Marvin C
Date of birth
14 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Plew, Lawrence County, Missouri
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33741863
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Salzwedel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 12 16

Immediate family

Members
Charles Alexander (father)
Maria B. (Patton) Alexander (mother)
June D. Alexander (brother)
Naomi S. Alexander (sister)
Anna D. Alexander (sister)
Esther B. Alexander (sister)
John Alexander (brother)
Jesse Q. Alexander (brother)
Verla Alexander (wife)
Glenn Alexander (son)

More information

T/5 Marvin C. Alexander attended Joiners Business College in Carthage, Missouri before accepting a position in Washington, District of Columbia.

He enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 19 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Carthage Missouri paper