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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Floyd Henry
Date of birth
22 May 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Franconia, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31427339
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
111th Engineer Combat Battalion,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vosges, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 2

Immediate family

Members
Irving E. Lewis (father)
Edith F. (Herbert) Lewis (mother)
Florence V. (Brady) Lewis (wife)
Joan M. Lewis (daughter)

More information

Pvt Floyd H. Lewis was a carpenter before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 6 December 1943.

He is remembered at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bennett Chesley Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Marvin & Samme Templin / Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Chris Baptiste