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Personal info

Full name
REDDEN, Gordon Roscoe
Date of birth
29 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Chambers County, Alabama
Hometown
Bleecker, Lee County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34338291
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Leyr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 91

Immediate family

Members
William R. Redden (father)
Fannie M. (Crenshaw) Redden (mother)
William R. Redden (brother)
Hugh M. Redden (brother)
Mary A. Redden (sister)
Ruby L. Redden (sister)
Betty M. Redden (sister)
Lorene Redden (sister)
Lovie E. Redden (sister)

More information

Pfc Gordon R. Redden worked on his father's farm before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / McKnight Kirchoff Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux / SFP
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