PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Tangborn, Virgil J.
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death:  June 14th, 1944 (Manche department, Basse-Normandie, France)
Buried on:  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Nationality:  American
BIOGRAPHY: 
Private First Class Virgil J. Tangborn and two other men rescued a wounded driver of an ammunition truck that had been hit by a shell and set on fire. Another shell killed Tangborn as he was helping save the driver.
Private First Class Virgil J. Tangborn is buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer/Basse-Normandie, France. Plot: E, Row: 25, Grave: 20.
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Military band 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres", U.S. Army
Details: Citation unavailable.
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Military band 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres", U.S. Army
 
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Information source(s):   - Colby, J., War from the Ground Up – The 90th Division in WWII, Nortex Press, Austin, Texas, USA, 1991
- American Battle Monuments Commission
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