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Personal info

Full name
DENNIS, Garland E "Pete"
Date of birth
18 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Waco, McLennan County, Texas
Hometown
Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-519372
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siersdorf-Schleiden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 4 2

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Dennis (father)
Kitty I. (Blair) Dennis (mother)
Robert E. Dennis (brother)
Richard Dennis (brother)

More information

1st Lt Garland E. Dennis enlisted in Houston, Texas on 25 January 1943.

He attended Agricultural and Mechanical College at College Station, Texas. He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 5 September 1944 and was lightly wounded in action on 8 September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Agricultural and Mechanical College Yearbook 1941 and 1943