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Personal info

Full name
LENCE, George
Date of birth
20 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32639297
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biffontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 41 7

Immediate family

Members
John Lence (father)
Angela (Carlucci) Lence (mother)
Emil Lence (brother)
Theresa Lence (sister)
Rudolph G. Lence (brother)
Angelina Lence (sister)

More information

Pfc George Lence attended Eastern District High School.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 21 November 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://36th-id.frb.io, 36thID-roster-part-1.pdf, 141aar-October-November-1944.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, Eastern District High School 1939, www.newspapers.com, - The Akron Beacon Journal - 4 November 1945