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Personal info

Full name
MOLAND, Myron Richard
Date of birth
8 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Alfred, Allegany County, New York
Hometown
Ontario County, New York

Military service

Service number
42088863
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Inden-Lamersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 13 29

Immediate family

Members
Milo D. Moland (father)
Luella C. (Breshears) Moland (mother)
Myra D. Moland (sister)
Minona E. Moland (sister)
Mildred L. Moland (sister)
Milo D. Moland (brother)
Max H. Moland (brother)
Maude I. Moland (sister)
Harriet C. Moland (sister)
Elwin Moland (brother)

More information

Pvt Myron R. Moland enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 15 March 1944.

He joined his unit on 26 November 1944 and was already killed 4 days later.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, WWIIMemorial.com, Fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert, Shirley