Sherman E. Axline         
Drafted while still a student

Private, U.S. Army
33898035
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Entered the Service from: Maryland
Died: September 20, 1944
Buried at: Plot F Row 2 Grave 15
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands

Awards:

Silver Star	Purple Heart

The News, October 13, 1944
     PVT. SHERMAN EUGENE AXLINE, a paratrooper, was killed in Holland on September 20, the War Department on Thursday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Axline, of Petersville. He was 19 years of age on July 20.
     He was inducted last Armistice Day while a student at Brunswick High School. He would have graduated last June.
     Overseas since last July 21, Pvt. Axline received most of his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. He has a brother, Cpl. Theodore Axline, stationed in New Guinea for about a year.
     Besides his parents and brother, Pvt. Axline is also survived by these brothers, David, Baltimore; Charles and Lee, Petersville, and four sisters, Mrs. Marion Snoots, Petersville; Mrs. Alice McDade, Broad Run; Mrs. Nora Coates and Kathleen Axline, both of Petersville.