US PARAS Bloyd, David Garrison

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bloyd ​

• FORENAME

David Garrison ​

• UNIT

509 Parachute Infantry Battalion ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

15394397 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st August 1944 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France Plot B Row 8 Grave 3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia​

born 3.10.1923 Moundsville, West Virginia​

son of Joseph E. (1896-1979) and Virginia Francis Bloyd (1897-1973)​

4 years high school​

1942 graduated Moundsville High School​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

employed by Fergusson Construction Co.​

30.06.1942 draft card Moundsville, West Virginia​

12.12.1942 entered service Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky​

Next of kin - Mr. J.E. Bloyd, Rural Delivery #1, Box #34, Mount Dora, Florida​

KIA South France ​

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