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Personal info

Full name
LINEAR, Oscar Lee
Date of birth
8 April 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Hardeman County, Tennessee
Hometown
Hardeman County, Tennessee
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
34943719
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
1363rd Engineer Dump Truck Company
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
10 May 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 18 3

Immediate family

Members
Walter Linear (father)
Bessie Linear (mother)
J. H. Linear (brother)
Christeen Linear (sister)
Willie M. Linear (sister)
W. T. Linear (brother)
Mary L. Linear (sister)
Millie A. Linear (sister)
Author E. Linear (brother)
Charlie C. Linear (brother)
Della D. Linear (wife)

More information

Pfc Oscar L. Linear enlisted at Fort Benning, Georgia on 26 May 1944.

Pfc Linear was killed in a accident. On the same day, another member of the company, Homer Larkin, was killed. It can be assumed that both men were involved in this accident.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Facebook