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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Marion L. Givens

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ruffin, South Carolina

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

RANK: PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY MARCH 9, 1942 AT FORT JACKSON, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED AS AN INFANTRYMAN WITH REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, 1ST BATTALION, 327TH GLIDER INFANTRY REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE ‘SCREAMING EAGLES’ DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY, D-DAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1944, THIS WAS THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, CODE NAME: OPERATION OVERLORD. KILLED IN ACTION SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1944 IN THE BATTLE FOR CARENTAN, FRANCE AND WAS BURIED IN A BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, RUFFIN, SOUTH CAROLINA.