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Personal info

Full name
MAYBERRY, Paul Raymond
Date of birth
12 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Iredell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Olin, Iredell County, North Carolina
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
34964032
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 11 16

Immediate family

Members
Walter Mayberry (father)
Pearly A. Mayberry (mother)
Leonard W.T. Mayberry (brother)
Ada M. Mayberry (sister)
Myrtle Mayberry (sister)
Zula Mayberry (sister)
James K.H. Mayberry (brother)
Bessie K.L. Mayberry (sister)
Marvin W. Mayberry (brother)
Robert S. Mayberry (brother)

More information

Pfc Paul Mayberry enlisted on 19 March 1944 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 9 October 1944 and was promoted to Private First Class on 10 November 1944.

Pfc Mayberry is remembered at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, Statesville Record & Landmark - 6 December 1944, 22 December 1944, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / ET, Statesville Record & Landmark (Statesville, North Carolina)