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Personal info

Full name
HOLLIS, Guy B
Date of birth
18 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Castor, Stoddard County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
20732320
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Lauterbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 42 30

Immediate family

Members
Ivy D. Hollis (father)
Saddie F. (Walls) Hollis (mother)
John D. Hollis (brother)
Winnie D. Hollis (sister)
Pauline Hollis (sister)
Wanda F. Hollis (sister)
Bessie B. (Gibbons) Hollis (wife)
Allen J. Hollis (son)

More information

S/Sgt Guy B. Hollis worked on a farm before he joined the National Guard in Dexter, Missouri on 23 December 1940. He was sent overseas in March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and arm.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Edwards and Hale Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Linda, www.newspapers.com – The Twice-A-Week Dunclin Democrat Missuri 29 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com