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Personal info

Full name
BASHAM, Millis
Date of birth
17 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Hometown
Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35687836
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Near Boslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 4 26

Immediate family

Members
Monroe Basham (father)
Ida L. (Drane) Basham (mother)
Willis Basham (twinbrother)
Paul Basham (brother)
Margaret Basham (sister)
Mildred C. (Henning) Basham (wife)
Brenda Basham (daughter)
Millis Basham (son)

More information

S/Sgt Millis Basham was killed in action in Germany on February 25, 1945 near Boslar while clearing the path to the Rhine River.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Brenda Koedyker, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Brenda Koedyker