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Personal info

Full name
TURNER, Raymond Brown
Date of birth
6 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Hometown
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37695414
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bénestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 9 37

Immediate family

Members
Cornelius R. Turner (father)
Maude G. (Brown) Turner (mother)
Mabel M. Turner (sister)
Muriel G. Turner (sister)
Opal L. Turner (sister)
Charles H. Turner (brother)
Hazel M. (Buchanan) Turner (wife)
Harriett A. Turner (daughter)

More information

Pvt Raymond B. Turner attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 17 April 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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 / Davidson Weistart Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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