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Personal info

Full name
POWELL, Granville Warren
Date of birth
5 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia
Hometown
Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33540097
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Southeast of Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 29 11

Immediate family

Members
Marshall K. Powell (father)
Lessie L. (Sampson) Powell (mother)
Marshall K. Powell Jr. (brother)
Davis A. Powell (brother)

More information

Pvt Granville W. Powell attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Charlottesville, Virginia on 12 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
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