Son of Harry & Alma (Henderson) Axline
Also survived by siblings Theodore, David, Lee, Charles & Kathleen Axline, Marion Snoots, Alice McDade & Nora Coates
Attended Brunswick High School as a member of the class of 1944 but left for the service without graduating
Private, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army
Killed in the Netherlands
This serves as a cenotaph. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery.
________________________________
The News, Frederick, MD, October 13, 1944:
PVT. SHERMAN EUGENE AXLINE, a paratrooper, was killed in Holland on September 20, the War Department on Thursday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Axline, of Petersville. He was 19 years of age on July 20.
He was inducted last Armistice Day while a student at Brunswick High School. He would have graduated last June.
Overseas since last July 21, Pvt. Axline received most of his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. He has a brother, Cpl. Theodore Axline, stationed in New Guinea for about a year.
Besides his parents and brother, Pvt. Axline is also survived by these brothers, David, Baltimore; Charles and Lee, Petersville, and four sisters, Mrs. Marion Snoots, Petersville; Mrs. Alice McDade, Broad Run; Mrs. Nora Coates and Kathleen Axline, both of Petersville.
(thank you Cari Aiken)
Also survived by siblings Theodore, David, Lee, Charles & Kathleen Axline, Marion Snoots, Alice McDade & Nora Coates
Attended Brunswick High School as a member of the class of 1944 but left for the service without graduating
Private, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army
Killed in the Netherlands
This serves as a cenotaph. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery.
________________________________
The News, Frederick, MD, October 13, 1944:
PVT. SHERMAN EUGENE AXLINE, a paratrooper, was killed in Holland on September 20, the War Department on Thursday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Axline, of Petersville. He was 19 years of age on July 20.
He was inducted last Armistice Day while a student at Brunswick High School. He would have graduated last June.
Overseas since last July 21, Pvt. Axline received most of his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. He has a brother, Cpl. Theodore Axline, stationed in New Guinea for about a year.
Besides his parents and brother, Pvt. Axline is also survived by these brothers, David, Baltimore; Charles and Lee, Petersville, and four sisters, Mrs. Marion Snoots, Petersville; Mrs. Alice McDade, Broad Run; Mrs. Nora Coates and Kathleen Axline, both of Petersville.
(thank you Cari Aiken)
Son of Harry & Alma (Henderson) Axline
Also survived by siblings Theodore, David, Lee, Charles & Kathleen Axline, Marion Snoots, Alice McDade & Nora Coates
Attended Brunswick High School as a member of the class of 1944 but left for the service without graduating
Private, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army
Killed in the Netherlands
This serves as a cenotaph. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery.
________________________________
The News, Frederick, MD, October 13, 1944:
PVT. SHERMAN EUGENE AXLINE, a paratrooper, was killed in Holland on September 20, the War Department on Thursday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Axline, of Petersville. He was 19 years of age on July 20.
He was inducted last Armistice Day while a student at Brunswick High School. He would have graduated last June.
Overseas since last July 21, Pvt. Axline received most of his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. He has a brother, Cpl. Theodore Axline, stationed in New Guinea for about a year.
Besides his parents and brother, Pvt. Axline is also survived by these brothers, David, Baltimore; Charles and Lee, Petersville, and four sisters, Mrs. Marion Snoots, Petersville; Mrs. Alice McDade, Broad Run; Mrs. Nora Coates and Kathleen Axline, both of Petersville.
(thank you Cari Aiken)
Also survived by siblings Theodore, David, Lee, Charles & Kathleen Axline, Marion Snoots, Alice McDade & Nora Coates
Attended Brunswick High School as a member of the class of 1944 but left for the service without graduating
Private, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army
Killed in the Netherlands
This serves as a cenotaph. He is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery.
________________________________
The News, Frederick, MD, October 13, 1944:
PVT. SHERMAN EUGENE AXLINE, a paratrooper, was killed in Holland on September 20, the War Department on Thursday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Axline, of Petersville. He was 19 years of age on July 20.
He was inducted last Armistice Day while a student at Brunswick High School. He would have graduated last June.
Overseas since last July 21, Pvt. Axline received most of his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. He has a brother, Cpl. Theodore Axline, stationed in New Guinea for about a year.
Besides his parents and brother, Pvt. Axline is also survived by these brothers, David, Baltimore; Charles and Lee, Petersville, and four sisters, Mrs. Marion Snoots, Petersville; Mrs. Alice McDade, Broad Run; Mrs. Nora Coates and Kathleen Axline, both of Petersville.
(thank you Cari Aiken)
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