Lynn Howard Mead, Jr

Abt 1916 - 1945  (29 years)

• Name	Lynn Howard Mead
  	Lynn's WWII enlistment record showed Lynn Hujr Mead but Monique Heller tells me his middle name was Howard.
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	Abt 1916	Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Cranston, Providence, RI
  	On the 1940 census, Lynn H. Mead Jr. is listed at 23 yrs. old, born in Missouri, single, living with his parents, 2 brothers & his maternal grandmother in Cranston, RI
  Education	1941
  	Texas A&M, TX
  	In 1941, Lynn H. Mead graduates from the Longhorn Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Texas A&M); got a picture from the yearbook of him on page 75
  		1941 yearbook picture of Lynn H. Mead from Texas A&M
  Military	14 Oct 1942	Hartford, Hartford, CT
  	On 14 Oct 1942 Lynn Hujr Mead enlisted in the U.S. Army in Hartford, CT, born 1916 in Missouri, residence Brazos, TX, 4 yrs. of college, single, 66" tall, 143 #; semiskilled occupations in slaughtering and in preparation of meat products.
  		1945 Jan 2 117th Mead Bronze Co. E. Lynn H. Mead Jr
  		1945 Feb 24th Roer River Offensive Lynn H. Mead Jr
  		1945 Feb 24 Vet Interred Overseas Lynn H. Mead Jr
  		1942 Oct 14 WWII enlistment for Lynn Hujr Mead in Hartford, CT
  		1945 Jan 22 Silver Star Medal awarded to Lynn H. Mead Jr.
  Burial	1945	The Netherlands
  Death	24 Feb 1945	Germany
  	Lynn H. Mead Jr. died on 24 Feb 1945 while in the 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Div. during the Roer River Offensive; he is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands. He received the Bronze Star Citation for Jan. 2nd 1945 action & the Silver Star Citation for Jan 22nd 1945 action. He also received the Purple Heart.
  		1945 Feb 24 WWII Interred overseas record for Lynn H. Mead Jr. in the Netherlands
  Person ID	I8647	Levesque_Lozier_Mascola_Messina
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2017

  
  

  Family	Mary (Marie) DeNegre,   b. 6 Nov 1915, New Haven, New Haven, CT d. 13 Mar 2017, Branford, New Haven, CT (Age 101 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1944	St. Vincent de Paul Church, East Haven, CT
  	Got an email from Monique Heller telling me that Marie married Lynn Mead on 27 May 1944 @ St. Vincent de Paul's church, John DeNegre, her brother, was best man; they moved to Alabama after they were married to his base; when he went to Europe, Marie came back to CT to live with her parents.
  		1944 picture of Lynn Mead Jr. & Marie DeNegre in AL
  Family ID	F5401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2022