Crypt marker for
Collie B. Kirkland in Union United Methodist Church Cemetery,
Draneville (Marion county), Georgia.
SSgt Kirkland was
transferred from Hq Field Force Replacement Depot No. 8 to service
Company, 508th PIR on 5 April 1944.
Initially listed as
missing in action, Kirland's status was later listed as slightly
injured in action 18 Sep 44. However, the classification as
"slightly injured" was inaccurate as he remained hospitalized and on
18 December 19044 he was dropped from the 508th rolls and
transferred to the hospital's department of patients. He did not
return to the regiment.
He did make a recovery
and re-enlisted at Fort Benning on 18 February 1946. |