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Personal info

Full name
NORTON, Manuel Lewis
Date of birth
4 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Macon, Warren County, North Carolina
Hometown
Macon, Warren County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34863382
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Sindorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 12 12

Immediate family

Members
Manual B. Norton (father)
Ethel D. (Henry) Norton (mother)
Annie I. Norton (sister)
Eveline Norton (sister)
Ivadell Norton (sister)
Jack Norton (brother)
Betty Norton (sister)
Ruth Norton (sister)
Baby Ruth Norton (sister)
Ruby M. (Hopkins) Norton (wife)
Anna L. Norton (daughter)
Roy E. Norton (son)

More information

Pfc Manuel L. Norton enlisted on 18 May 1944 at Fort Bragg

He is remembered at the Wright Cemetery in Macon County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, various family trees, www.ancestry.com - United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000 / United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 / 1940 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Sharon Moore Family Tree,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - John Burchfield / Des Philippet / Kate McQueen Kretchmer, www.ancestry.com - various family trees