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Personal info

Full name
CORNS, Roland George Jr
Date of birth
22 November 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33847353
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bénestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 105

Immediate family

Members
Roland G. Corns (father)
Sarah A. (Griffiths) Corns (mother)
Edith P. Corns (sister)
Elizabeth G. Corns (sister)
Edgar R. Corns (brother)
James C. Corns (brother)
Emily C. Corns (sister)
Lillian L. Corns (sister)
Margaret C. (Hetrick) Corns (wife)

More information

Pvt Roland G. Corns Jr. attended high school for two years and was employed at the Westinghouse Elec and Manufacturing Company before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 23 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Spires George Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Damaris Acevedo