Maxwell, Loren Arnold

1921 - 1944  (22 years)

• Name	Maxwell, Loren Arnold
  Birth	31 Dec 1921	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	MAXW.L001
  _FGRAVE	34099253
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Headquarters, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry ("Keystone") Division, United States Army  [1, 2, 3]
  	Private First Class. Killed in action. Honored at the WWII Memorial in his hometown. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1903180
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		28th Infantry Division ("Keystone"), United States Army
  		28th Infantry Division ("Keystone"), United States Army
  		110th Infantry Regiment (United States)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Maxwell, Loren Arnold (1921-1944)
  		World War II Casualties, Clay County Illinois
  Death	1 Oct 1944	Germany   [1]
  	Cause: Killed in Acton
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Maxwell, Loren A.
  		Headstone, Maxwell, Loren A. Displayed with permission of Ewood Sexton
  Person ID	I43047	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Dec 1921 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Death - Cause: Killed in Acton - 1 Oct 1944 - Germany Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13381] Findagrave.com, Headstone, Maxwell, Loren A., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34099253/loren-a_-maxwell), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14932] World War II Honoree, Loren Arnold Maxwell (1921-1944), (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1903180) (Reliability: 2).