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Personal info

Full name
HENSHAW, Vernon Clair
Date of birth
1 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Thurston, Steuben County, New York
Hometown
Penn Yan, Steuben County, New York

Military service

Service number
42094754
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
385th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 18 23

Immediate family

Members
Tracy D. Henshaw (father)
Susan E. (Elliott) Henshaw (mother)
Monroe W. Henshaw (brother)
Robert T. Henshaw (brother)
Virginia (Manley) Henshaw (wife)
Richard Henshaw (son)
Verna J. Henshaw (daughter)
William Henshaw (son)

More information

S/Sgt Vernon C. Henshaw worked on a farm and in a basket factory before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 15 April 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - Chronicle Express