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Personal info

Full name
RAYBURN, Edward Callihan
Date of birth
15 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Greenup County, Kentucky
Hometown
Greenup County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35087430
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 38 20

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Rayburn (father)
Phoebe J. (Callihan) Rayburn (mother)
Lennord E. Rayburn (brother)
James P. Rayburn (brother)
Charles C. Rayburn (brother)
Wilma J. (Carman) Rayburn (wife)

More information

Pvt Edward C. Rayburn enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 23 May 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a machinist before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / Masser Family Tree / Kentucky Birth Index / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

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