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Personal info

Full name
GARDNER, Lloyd Leo
Date of birth
22 January 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
McBain, Missaukee County, Michigan
Hometown
Wexford County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36154224
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
168th Infantry Regiment,
34th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
5 October 1943
Place of death
Hammerstein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 26 13

Immediate family

Members
Frank O. Gardner (father)
Nora M. Gardner (mother)
Gerald E. Gardner (brother)
Bette M. Gardner (wife)

More information

Pfc Lloyd L. Gardner graduated from Cadillac High School and worked in the manufacture of textiles.

He enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 3 April 1941.

He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag II-B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, www.34thinfantry.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, Cadillac Public Library Cadillac High School yearbook 1937