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Personal info

Full name
LOCKERBY, Earl Russell
Date of birth
23 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bridgewater, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32761624
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Kesternich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 17 15

Immediate family

Members
John E. Lockerby (father)
Sylvia Lockerby (mother)
Helen Lockerby (sister)
Katherine Lockerby (sister)
Gordon Lockerby (brother)

More information

Pfc Earl R. Lockerby graduated from Westwood High School.

He enlisted in February 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

His brother Gordon was killed in action in Normandy on 13 June 1944 and is buried at the Normandy American Military Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper / Richard Blunk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey) 13 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet