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Personal info

Full name
YONCE, Eugene Jackson
Date of birth
6 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Henrico County, Virginia
Hometown
Henrico County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
20361078
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division,
Heavy Weapons Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Best, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 5 28

Immediate family

Members
Leslie K. Yonce (father)
Gladys (Merrill) Yonce (mother)
Viola Yonce (sister)
Leslie K. Yonce (brother)

More information

Pvt Eugene J. Yonce attended John Marshall High School.

He enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 3 February 1941.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Onone picture he poses with his brother Leslie.

Source of information: FOHF, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - City Directories / Headstone and Interment Record / 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" Unit History, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.101airborneww2.com, Virginia Birth Records

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, the Yonce Family