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Personal info

Full name
BEVINS, Raymond George
Date of birth
28 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
South Williamson, Pike County, Kentucky
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36544480
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 18 25

Immediate family

Members
Fred Bevins (father)
Effie (Alley) Bevins (mother)
Violet M. (Fairchild) Bevins (wife)

More information

Killed in action in Germany on February 24, 1945 near Boslar while clearing the path to the Rhine River.

Pfc Raymond G. Bevins is remembered at the Fairview Cemetery in Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and interment Record / Kentucky Vital Record Indexes / West Virginia Memory Project, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Whitney Foskey