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Grave marker (with inset
close-up) for John S.
Appleton in Oak Hill Burial Park, Lakeland (Polk) county, Florida.
John enlisted in the
Army at Ft Niagara, Youngstown, NY on 12 January 1942.
Pvt Appleton volunteered for parachutist duty and was
assigned to the 507th PIR. On 16 October 1942 he was one of the
cadre team transferred to the newly activated 508th PIR at Camp
Blanding, FL., By
February 1943 he attained the rank of Sergeant but disappeared from the
508th Morning Reports. It is presumed that he was again
transferred.
Veterans Administration records show that he was discharged on 11
November 1945. |
