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Personal info

Full name
LANCASTER, Toy Ervin
Date of birth
21 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Far, Wetzel County, West Virginia
Hometown
Reader, Wetzel County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35084626
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 37 19

Immediate family

Members
William S. Lancaster (father)
Alice M. (Garrett) Lancaster (mother)
Cary Lancaster (brother)
Opal J. Lancaster (sister)
Chloie V. Lancaster (sister)
Dolly G. Lancaster (sister)
Floyd W. Lancaster (brother)
Blanche (Stewart) Lancaster (wife)
Carol L. Lancaster (son)
Cecil E. Lancaster (son)

More information

Pvt Toy E. Lancaster worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 28 April 1944.

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 / Our Family Heritage, After Action Report 26th Infantry, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M