GEORGIA
PFC 121 INF 8 DIV
WORLD WAR II VETERAN
Information from, "Some Gave All, Personal Stories of Sacrifice" by Carolyn E. Abell c. 2011 by Tift County Genealogical Society,and published by Family Heritage
Publishers of Murray, Utah, page 8-11. Volume located in the Tifton Public Library.
"Loys was the oldest of the eight children of John Hammons and Lodia Belflowers Alexander. He is listed as a Tift County casualty of World War II since his family lived in Omega. He took basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. and then was assigned to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. On Feb. 20, 194, he married Miss Buford Harrell of Norman Park in Moultrie, GA. He was transferred to Camp Forest, Tenn and then overseas, landing in Ireland. On June 30, 1944 the Gray Bonnet Infantry Regiment embarked for France. In late September 1944, they moved from Longuyen, France to Luxembourg. He went missing in action in Germany in April of 1945. Then, his family received a letter 3 days from the first stating that he was actually killed instead of missing. He was buried in a U. S. Cemetery near Margratten, Holland but was returned to Tifton in 1948. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He had also received the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the European Theater Operations Ribbon with four battle stars."
PFC 121 INF 8 DIV
WORLD WAR II VETERAN
Information from, "Some Gave All, Personal Stories of Sacrifice" by Carolyn E. Abell c. 2011 by Tift County Genealogical Society,and published by Family Heritage
Publishers of Murray, Utah, page 8-11. Volume located in the Tifton Public Library.
"Loys was the oldest of the eight children of John Hammons and Lodia Belflowers Alexander. He is listed as a Tift County casualty of World War II since his family lived in Omega. He took basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. and then was assigned to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. On Feb. 20, 194, he married Miss Buford Harrell of Norman Park in Moultrie, GA. He was transferred to Camp Forest, Tenn and then overseas, landing in Ireland. On June 30, 1944 the Gray Bonnet Infantry Regiment embarked for France. In late September 1944, they moved from Longuyen, France to Luxembourg. He went missing in action in Germany in April of 1945. Then, his family received a letter 3 days from the first stating that he was actually killed instead of missing. He was buried in a U. S. Cemetery near Margratten, Holland but was returned to Tifton in 1948. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He had also received the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the European Theater Operations Ribbon with four battle stars."
GEORGIA
PFC 121 INF 8 DIV
WORLD WAR II VETERAN
Information from, "Some Gave All, Personal Stories of Sacrifice" by Carolyn E. Abell c. 2011 by Tift County Genealogical Society,and published by Family Heritage
Publishers of Murray, Utah, page 8-11. Volume located in the Tifton Public Library.
"Loys was the oldest of the eight children of John Hammons and Lodia Belflowers Alexander. He is listed as a Tift County casualty of World War II since his family lived in Omega. He took basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. and then was assigned to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. On Feb. 20, 194, he married Miss Buford Harrell of Norman Park in Moultrie, GA. He was transferred to Camp Forest, Tenn and then overseas, landing in Ireland. On June 30, 1944 the Gray Bonnet Infantry Regiment embarked for France. In late September 1944, they moved from Longuyen, France to Luxembourg. He went missing in action in Germany in April of 1945. Then, his family received a letter 3 days from the first stating that he was actually killed instead of missing. He was buried in a U. S. Cemetery near Margratten, Holland but was returned to Tifton in 1948. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He had also received the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the European Theater Operations Ribbon with four battle stars."
PFC 121 INF 8 DIV
WORLD WAR II VETERAN
Information from, "Some Gave All, Personal Stories of Sacrifice" by Carolyn E. Abell c. 2011 by Tift County Genealogical Society,and published by Family Heritage
Publishers of Murray, Utah, page 8-11. Volume located in the Tifton Public Library.
"Loys was the oldest of the eight children of John Hammons and Lodia Belflowers Alexander. He is listed as a Tift County casualty of World War II since his family lived in Omega. He took basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. and then was assigned to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. On Feb. 20, 194, he married Miss Buford Harrell of Norman Park in Moultrie, GA. He was transferred to Camp Forest, Tenn and then overseas, landing in Ireland. On June 30, 1944 the Gray Bonnet Infantry Regiment embarked for France. In late September 1944, they moved from Longuyen, France to Luxembourg. He went missing in action in Germany in April of 1945. Then, his family received a letter 3 days from the first stating that he was actually killed instead of missing. He was buried in a U. S. Cemetery near Margratten, Holland but was returned to Tifton in 1948. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He had also received the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the European Theater Operations Ribbon with four battle stars."
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