US PARAS Collier, Garland Woodrow (Tex)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Collier ​

• FORENAME

Garland Woodrow (Tex) ​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 3 Bn) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

39849456 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

5th October 1944 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten,Netherlands Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from San Antonio,Texas​

born 3.11.1918 Novice,Texas​

son of Abner Belcher Collier (1858-1927) and Abbie Morris Ralph Collier (later Summers) (1878-1935)​

youngest of 7 children​

graduated Coleman High School 27.5.1938​

employed CCC Mining Camps,Bisbee,Arizona 1938-42​

2 brothers served Army in WW2​

38031679 MSgt Grady A. Collier (Corps of Engineers)​

38071048 PFC Burrell Dee Collier​

entered service 1.9.1942 Phoenix,Arizona​

award Bronze Star,Purple Heart​

KIA Opheusden,Holland​

Memorial stone,family plot White Chapel Cemetery,Coleman,Texas​

Clawson Memorial Bridge plaque,Holland​

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