Portsmouth City: Likens, Lewis Nomen

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part-i-personal-data

first-name: Lewis

middle-name: Homer

last-name: Likens

suffix:

home-address: 116 Dinwiddie st Portsmouth

county: City of Portsmouth Va

birthplace: Roanoke Virginia

date-of-birth: 1919-10-29

race: white

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 9

weight-lbs: 160

marital-status: Single

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education

elementary-years: 9 Grade

high-school-years: 1 year high

college-years: none

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religious-affiliation: Melrose Bapbtist Church.

citizen-of-what-nation: United States.

father-s-name

first-name: Toney

middle-name: Burk

last-name: Likens

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mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Virginia

middle-name: May

last-name: Likens

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Inducted

date-of-entry: 1922-05-22

place-of-entry: Camp Lee Va.

rank-at-entry: pvt.

first-served: Infantry

branch-of-service: 48 Armored Bn.

service-number: 33,124.668

previous-military-education-training-and-service: two years & three months & Six day Basix training in Fort Knox Ky. from there Camp polk Louisiana. from there to California desert menevars back Fort Benning there close to year and from there over sea to England

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camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date:

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information-about-overseas-service:

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: Rifle range medal, purple Heart for for military merit and for wounds Received in action.

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: France.

date-of-death: 1944-08-28

any-other-details-known: on patrol was hit by mchine Gun Fire. Were buried at Corneille France four miles back east of Le Mans, France

photograph: No

next-of-kin

prefix:

first-name: William

middle-name: Henry

last-name: Likens

suffix:

address: 116 Dinwiddie st

relationship: Brother

people-supplying-this-information

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first-name: Virginia

middle-name: May

last-name: Likens

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address: 116 Dinwiddie st Portsmouth Va.

people-submitting-this-information

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first-name: Horace

middle-name: R.

last-name: Price

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address: Route 1 Esom Hill Ga.