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Grave marker for Van Junius Millwood in Saint
James United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jamestown (Berkeley
County), South Carolina. Van was a
member of Company A and served during the Invasion of France as
well as Operation Market-Garden in Holland. He was wounded
in Belgium on 19 December 1944 and evacuated.
He may have been sent directly to the States
as a consequence of the wound or returned early based on the
points system. He re-enlisted at Fort
Gordon, GA on 24 November 1945.
He first married Mazzie Lee
Spence on 22 Mar 1942 in Benton County, TN and later wed Carrie
Altman . Van resided in
Jamestown, SC for a number of years before his death at Trident
Hospital in North Charleston. following complications of
surgery. |
