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Personal info

Full name
SUMNER, Nathan Ashley
Date of birth
9 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Fairfield, Marion County, Florida

Military service

Service number
O-337278
Rank
Major
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
67th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Freyneux, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Virgil A. Sumner (father)
Latha (Hataway) Sumner (mother)
William A. Sumner (brother)
James S. Sumner (brother)
Kathleen Sumner (sister)
Rosemary (Gatrell) Sumner (wife)
William N. Sumner (son)
H. Carlyle Sumner (son)

More information

Major Nathan A. Sumner graduated from the University of Florida in 1938.

Maj. Sumner was in the lead tank. Entering Freyneux, it was hit and destroyed. His remains were never recovered.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Serviceman Card / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: H. Carlyle Sumner (son), www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - University of Florida 1938