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Personal info

Full name
NORRIS, John
Date of birth
10 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio
Hometown
Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35610988
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 77

Immediate family

Members
William Norris (father)
Maud B. Norris (mother)
Manuel Norris (brother)
Herbert Norris (brother)
Charles Norris (brother)
Bessie Norris (sister)
Nathaniel Norris (brother)
Clarence Norris (brother)
James W. Norris (brother)
William Norris Jr. (brother)
Evelyn Norris (wife)

More information

Pfc John Norris enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 27 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, 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, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten