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Personal info

Full name
SIEMON, Wayne Erwin
Date of birth
13 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon
Hometown
Okanogan County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39472863
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 2 15

Immediate family

Members
Clyde E. Siemon (father)
Ethel C. (McKee) Siemon (mother)
Elwin Siemon (brother)
Beverly Siemon (sister)
Leland C. Siemon (brother)
Clair Siemon (sister)

More information

Pfc Wayne E. Siemon graduated from Okanogan High School in 1943 and was employed at Columbia Concrete Pipe Company.

He enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 28 March 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.findagrave.com - James Burke