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Personal info

Full name
LANSING, Dan Eugene
Date of birth
30 May 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
St. Helens, Columbia County, Oregon
Hometown
Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39343594
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kayersberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 20 18

Immediate family

Members
Jesse Lansing (father)
Emma J. (Bailey) Lansing (mother)
Jesse Lansing Jr. (brother)
Genevieve Lansing (sister)
Helen J. Lansing (half-sister)
Daniel J. Lansing (half-brother)
Lillian M. (Beak) Lansing (1st wife)
Helen Lansing (daughter)
Daniel E. Lansing (son)
Gladys V. Johnston (2nd wife)
Lucille A. (Walker) Lansing (daughter)

More information

Pfc Dan E. Lansing was a chauffeur, employed by the Cottage Grove Eugene Freight and Transfer Co.

He was divorced from his first wife in 1937 and remarried in 1941.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 13 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy