Virgil S. Throne
Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
4th Infantry Division
DOW 03/02/1945
Virgil Seldon Throne was born in Badger Township, Polk County, Minnesota on April 15, 1923.
He listed his home of residence
as Erskine, Polk County, Minnesota.
His religion was listed as Protestant.
His Army serial number indicates he was drafted into the Army.
The application for his grave marker indicates he entered military service on March 17, 1943.
Private First Class Throne died
of wounds received in action in Germany
on March 2, 1945.
Virgil S. Throne was buried in
the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium and some time later his remains
were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Minnesota.
Burial:
Saron Lutheran Cemetery
Erskine
Polk County
Minnesota
Grave marker for Virgil S. Throne
Photo by kateb from the Find A Grave website
Grave monument for Virgil S. Throne
Photo by kateb from the Find A Grave website
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