MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Fentress, Layman

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Fentress ​

• FORENAME

Layman ​

• UNIT

3 Bn (Khaki Combat Team - MedDet) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant + Technical Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

15045084 ​

• AWARD

Bronze Star ​

• PLACE

Burma 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Falls of Rough,Grayson County,Kentucky​

born 30.4.1919 Falls of Rough,Grayson County,Kentucky​

son of Delmer L. and Lelia Mae (nee Critchelow) Fentress​

1 year high school​

farm hand in civilian life​

enlisted 16.8.1940 Fort Knox,Kentucky​

46 Medical Bn (Armored) (possibly only photographed outside this building)​

Medical Det,3 Bn,Khaki Combat Team,Merrill's Marauders 1944​

WIA 13.5.1944 near Tingkrugawng,Burma​

475 Infantry Regiment (Med Det,1 Bn) (Mars Force) 1945​

died 3.6.1953​

Concord Creek Cemetery,Spurrier Chapel,Grayson County,Kentucky ​

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[haughtonbob]

Layman Fentress

Unit was Med Det,5307 Comp Unit, then Med Det,1st Bn,475th Inf. Picture of him in front of 46th Med, to documentation he was assigned there.