TEC 4 Euan Joseph Slankard (1914-1944)

TEC 4 Euan Joseph Slankard Veteran

Birth

28 Jun 1914

Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas, USA

Death

18 Sep 1944 (aged 30)

Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France

Burial

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map

Plot

Wall Of Missing

Memorial ID

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TEC 4 Slankard, Euan Joseph
Service number: 37010778

Age: 30
Born: June 28, 1914, Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas, USA
Hometown: Barton County, Kansas
Family:
Joseph C. Slankard (father)
Annie L. (nee Parish) Slankard (mother)
Hilda Muriel Slankard/Hoadley (sister)
Mary (Marie?) Slankard (sister)
John F. Slankard (brother)
David L. Slankard (brother)

Rank: TEC 4
Function: Tank Driver
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: A
Date of death: September 18, 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Last known duty, Sillegny, France
Spot: Attacking Sillegny from the woods west of the town.

Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France

Date of enlistment: June 24, 1941
Other information: He is listed here on the Wall Of Missing. However, there is a memorial marker which includes his parents in Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Barton, Kansas. Memorial # 126081046