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Personal info

Full name
VANSCOY, Preston David
Date of birth
25 April 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Kerens, Randolph County, West Virginia
Hometown
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35071325
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Forêt de Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 41

Immediate family

Members
Charles B. Vanscoy (father)
Emma M. (Wilfong) Vanscoy (mother)
Cicero C. Vanscoy (brother)
Guy W. Vanscoy (brother)
Chester A. Vanscoy (brother)
Pearl Vanscoy (sister)
Earl Vanscoy (brother)
Gretchen R. Vanscoy (sister)
Alma M. (Hart) Vanscoy (wife)
Buddy D. Vanscoy (son)
Emma L. Vanscoy (daughter)

More information

Pvt Preston D. Vanscoy was employed by the Monongahela Power Company before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 7 March 1944. He was sent overseas on 4 August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his arm.

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 / Moran Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Ancestor Hunter
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