RANGERS Duke, Waverly Richard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Duke ​

• FORENAME

Waverly Richard​

• UNIT

6 Ranger Bn (Company C) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

34170653 ​

• AWARD

Bronze Star ​

• PLACE

Philippines 1945 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 20.05.1917, Northampton, North Carolina, USA​

son of Benjamin Kelly Duke & Minnie Neta Grant​

grammar school education​

civil occupation unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

16.10.1940 draft card Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina​

16.09.1941 entered service Fort Bragg, North Carolina​

served Southern Philippines, New Guinea, Luzon​

01.10.1945 discharged Fort Bragg, North Carolina​

occupation bus driver​

wife Lida Mae (nee Vaughan) Duke (1915-2000)​

died 31.05.1998, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA​

Vaughan Family Cemetery, Lasker, North Carolina, USA​

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