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Personal info

Full name
HUMPHRIES, Lonnie Virgil Jr
Date of birth
28 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
DeLeon Springs, Volusia County, Florida
Hometown
St. Augustine, St. John's County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34548509
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 30 43

Immediate family

Members
Lonnie V. Humphries Sr. (father)
Annie M. (Morey) Humphries (mother)
Floyd M. Humphries (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Lonnie V. Humphries attended high school for one year and was a welder and flame cutter before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 13 March 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his shoulder.

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 / Ellis Hatten Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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