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Personal info

Full name
DEW, John Henry
Date of birth
25 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Perry County, Ohio
Hometown
Athens County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35087498
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
261st Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Struth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 13 4

Immediate family

Members
John A. Dew (father)
Josie (McNally) Dew (mother)
Dale Dew (brother)
Charles D. Dew (brother)
Guy J. Dew (brother)
Manley E. Dew (brother)
David Dew (brother)
Dorothy Dew (sister)
Ruth Dew (sister)
Harry Dew (brother)
Ethel Dew (sister)

More information

Pfc John H. Dew enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 23 May 1944.
He trained at Fort Hayes, Ohio; Fort Thomas, Ky. and Camp Hood, Tex. He served in France and Germany.
Pfc Dew attended Corning High School.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.65thdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Athens County Genealogy Trails - Corning High.School