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Personal info

Full name
SPURGEON, Johnnie H "Buck"
Date of birth
8 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38590886
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
6 August 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 20 5

Immediate family

Members
Elmer C. Spurgeon (father)
Emma M. (Holderby) Spurgeon (mother)
G. W. Spurgeon (brother)
Mary J. Spurgeon (sister)
Lankford L. Spurgeon (brother)
Exie M. Spurgeon (sister)
Bertha Spurgeon (sister)
Estel C. McGee (half-sister)
Ernest T. McGee (half-brother)
Cora McGee (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Johnnie H. Spurgeon worked on the family farm vefore he enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 29 October 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Emmanuel Vincent / Jaap Vermeer