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Personal info

Full name
GARNER, Allen Paul
Date of birth
12 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Newport, Carteret County, North Carolina
Hometown
Carteret County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
14028634
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 5 24

Immediate family

Members
Johnnie L. Garner (father)
Clara E. Garner (mother)
Leslie M. Garner (brother)
Bernice N. Garner (sister)
Johnny P. Garner (brother)
Carry I. Garner (sister)
Leonard A. Garner (brother)

More information

Pvt Allen P. Garner attended Newport High School for 1 year and worked on a farm.

He joined the Regular Army in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 18 October 1940.

He is remembered at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Newport, Carteret County, North Carolina.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wells and Reynolds Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters, www.findagrave.com – Bernd Doss