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Personal info

Full name
LAYTON, Archie Paul
Date of birth
22 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Bloomfield, Stoddard County, Missouri
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36871802
Rank
Private
Function
Scout
Unit
Reconnaissance Company,
67th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Meerssen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 28

Immediate family

Members
William Layton (father)
Alice L. (Travis) Smith (mother)
Mary (Landis) Layton (wife)

More information

Pvt Layton joined the Reconnaissance Company, 67th Armored Regiment on 9 August 1944 from the 41st Replacement Battalion. He fought in France and Belgium before being killed in action on 16 September 1944 in the Meerssen area.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery, of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Jasper van Haren, Lois L. Carmack, Morning Report - Rcn. Co., 67th Armd Regt., www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 / U.S. Draft Cards for Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Yannick