US PARAS Pippin, Layton Wilburn

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pippin ​

• FORENAME

Layton Wilburn​

• UNIT

517 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

34737447 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

5th January 1945 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee Section N Plot 93 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Wayne County, Michigan​

born 23.2.1924, McMinnville, Tennessee, USA​

father Arthur Pippin (1898-1982)​

mother Jannie Lee (McDowell) Russell (1906-1965)​

4 years high school​

1943 graduated Central High School​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

1942 draft card Chattanooga, Tennessee​

22.06.1943 entered service Fort Oglethorphe, Georgia​

17.04.1944 married Mary Frances (nee Eidson)​

award Soldier's Medal​

08.1944​

09.1944 released hospital​

KIA Bergeval, Belgium​

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