Name:
Francis Leland Payne
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
38344276
Unit:
147th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Francis Leland Payne was born on April 27, 1911, in Olney, Texas. He was the son of James Wiley Payne and Martha Ann Barron Payne.
Francis served as a Private in Company B, 147th Engineer Combat Battalion, during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on June 6, 1944, and is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.