FIND A GRAVE—MEMORIAL MATERIAL

Denniston- Averill is the third of four sons of Barr Cushing Averill and Bessie Denniston. During World War II enlisted 6 January 1941 at Newark, New Jersey
in the U.S. Army.

On 20 December 1944 in Belgium, 1st. Lt. Averill (7th Armored Division) led a tank platoon into the town of Samree to locate and destroy some German tanks that had been spotted nearby. He was not heard from after that. Posthumously, he received a Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart.