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Personal info

Full name
GARNER, Francis Adams
Date of birth
17 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Beaver Brook, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Harwood Mines, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33083747
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Schwerdorff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 4

Immediate family

Members
Arthur L. Garner (father)
Elizabeth E. (Wolfe) Garner (mother)
Arthur L. Garner (brother)
Ida M. Garner (sister)
George W. Garner (brother)

More information

Cpl Francis A. Garner was a meat cutter before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 19 June 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Cleaverkin, www.armydivs.com/10th-armored-division
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