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Personal info

Full name
MINTON, Daymon Jessie
Date of birth
31 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Grayson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35838706
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
East of Erkelenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 11 14

Immediate family

Members
James H. Minton (father)
Calverna (Miller) Minton (mother)
James E. Minton (brother)
Chester A. Milton (brother)
Robert L. Minton (brother)
Lonnie L. Milton (brother)
Gracie M. Minton (sister)
William R. Minton (brother)
Wavie R. Minton (sister)
Dorothy J. Minton (sister)
Cova M. Minton (sister)
Frank Minton (brother)
Argo H. Minton (brother)
Raymon Minton (brother)
Violet E. (Byers) Minton (wife)
Jerry L. Minton (son)

More information

Pfc Daymon J. Minton was employed by the Cleveland Wrecking Company before he enlisted on 11 May 1944 and went overseas in December of the same year.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Laura Phillips, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Minton-Miller Reviews Family Tree (Earlene Embry), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Minton-Miller Reviews Family Tree (Earlene Embry)