Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
MAXON, George Austin
Date of birth
28 January 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Oklahoma
Hometown
Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37511824
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Sankt Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 64

Immediate family

Members
George LeRoy Maxon (father)
Alice Louise (Williams) Maxon (mother)
Inez M. (Rose) Maxon (sister)
Wallace Lee Maxon (brother)
Willard Cleo Maxon (brother)
Jack Clifton Maxon (brother)
James Allen Maxon (brother)
Theda Florine (Hall) Maxon (wife)

More information

T/5 George A. Maxon was a welder or flame cutter.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 27 february 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Maxon Family Tree

Photo source: Ed en Anita Tiebax, Storiesbehindthestars.org