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Sgt Loring Moray Cain

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Sgt Loring Moray Cain

Birth
West Virginia, USA
Death
5 Mar 1945 (aged 24)
Euskirchen, Kreis Euskirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
Modern Family 46 2
Memorial ID
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Loring served as a Sergeant, 60th Armored Infantry, 9th Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on November 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as Married.

Loring was "Killed In Action" in Germany during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 33382651

His brother, Sgt. Harold B Cain, was also "Killed In Action" during the war.

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

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Below Article found by: Charles Riend

Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, page 18, col. 1:

~~Sunday, November 9, 1947~~
Bodies Of Two More Soldiers Due This Week

The bodies of two more area soldiers who fell in action in European fighting will arrive here this week, the late Sergeant Lorin Moray Cain, Route 6, Fairgo, and Charles Llewellyn Fleegle, Corriganville.

Sgt. Cain's body will arrive here Wednesday at 5:28 p.m. and will be taken to the Hafer Funeral Home, where a full military service by the Veterans of Foreign Wars is scheduled for Thursday.

A son of Mr. and Mrs. Moray C. Cain was killed on March 5, 1945 at Euskirchen, Germany. He was buried overseas in Henri Chappelle cemetery in Belgium.

Prior to entering the service, he was an employe of the Celanese Corporation. He entered the service on Nov. 13, 1942, took basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and Camp Polk, La., before going overseas. He was in the Armored Infantry.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by Mrs. Eula Sherman Cain, his widow, and a daughter, Judith; a brother, Charles, of Bedford, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. James Longerbeam, Cresaptown, and Mrs. Richard Glass, Cash Valley.

Sgt. Cain was born on April 15, 1920. A brother, Harold, also was killed in action, during the Normandy invasion.

Rev. Robert Bridges of the Potomac Park United Brethren Church will officiate at the services Thursday, with burial to follow in Hillcrest Burial Park.

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Loring served as a Sergeant, 60th Armored Infantry, 9th Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on November 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of textiles and also as Married.

Loring was "Killed In Action" in Germany during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 33382651

His brother, Sgt. Harold B Cain, was also "Killed In Action" during the war.

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

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Below Article found by: Charles Riend

Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, page 18, col. 1:

~~Sunday, November 9, 1947~~
Bodies Of Two More Soldiers Due This Week

The bodies of two more area soldiers who fell in action in European fighting will arrive here this week, the late Sergeant Lorin Moray Cain, Route 6, Fairgo, and Charles Llewellyn Fleegle, Corriganville.

Sgt. Cain's body will arrive here Wednesday at 5:28 p.m. and will be taken to the Hafer Funeral Home, where a full military service by the Veterans of Foreign Wars is scheduled for Thursday.

A son of Mr. and Mrs. Moray C. Cain was killed on March 5, 1945 at Euskirchen, Germany. He was buried overseas in Henri Chappelle cemetery in Belgium.

Prior to entering the service, he was an employe of the Celanese Corporation. He entered the service on Nov. 13, 1942, took basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and Camp Polk, La., before going overseas. He was in the Armored Infantry.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by Mrs. Eula Sherman Cain, his widow, and a daughter, Judith; a brother, Charles, of Bedford, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. James Longerbeam, Cresaptown, and Mrs. Richard Glass, Cash Valley.

Sgt. Cain was born on April 15, 1920. A brother, Harold, also was killed in action, during the Normandy invasion.

Rev. Robert Bridges of the Potomac Park United Brethren Church will officiate at the services Thursday, with burial to follow in Hillcrest Burial Park.

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