Montgomery County: Kiser, Torrence William

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first-name: Torrence

middle-name: William

last-name: Kiser

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home-address: Christiansburg, Virginia

county: Montgomery

birthplace: Bessmer City, N.C.

date-of-birth: 1916-11-11

race: Colored

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 8

weight-lbs: 165

marital-status: Married

wife-maiden-name-or-husband

first-name: Kathleen

middle-name: Sherwood

last-name: Howard

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place-of-marriage: Radford, Virginia

date-of-marriage: 1939-07-25

children-1: None

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education

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high-school-years: 2

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occupation: Laborer

religious-affiliation: 1st Baptist Church

citizen-of-what-nation: USA

father-s-name

first-name: Beverly

middle-name: Robert

last-name: Kiser

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mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Minnie

middle-name: E.

last-name: Rivers

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part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Inducted

date-of-entry: 1944-01-30

place-of-entry: Christiansburg, Va.

rank-at-entry: Cpl.

first-served: Quartermaster Corps

branch-of-service: U.S. Army

service-number: 33 661 546

previous-military-education-training-and-service:

trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: Camp Lee, Virginia Camp Forrest, Tenn. Camp Campbell, Ky. Camp Rucker, Ala. Port of Em. New York City

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: Pvt to Cpl. Nov. 1944

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information-about-overseas-service: Sailed for ETO Dec. 21, 1944 Served in ETO until killed in action.

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: Purple Heart, Good Conduct, ETO Service Ribbon, Expert w/rifle

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: Southern France

date-of-death: 1945-03-22

any-other-details-known: Killed by explosion of land mine.

photograph: Yes

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first-name: Kathleen

middle-name: Sherwood

last-name: Kiser

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address: Christiansburg, Virginia

relationship: Wife

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