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Personal info

Full name
FLETCHER, Horace Edd
Date of birth
17 May 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Coffee County, Tennessee
Hometown
Summitville, Coffee County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34497438
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Tholy-Gérardmer, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 24 59

Immediate family

Members
Andrew L. Fletcher (father)
Mellie (McGuire) Fletcher (mother)
Ollie (Lawson) Fletcher (stepmother)
Clarence Fletcher (brother)
Flora Fletcher (sister)
Nellie Fletcher (sister)
Katie Fletcher (sister)
Pauline Fletcher (halfsister)
Andrew L. Fletcher (halfbrother)
Franklin D. Fletcher (halfbrother)
Sarah I. (Orrick) Fletcher (wife)

More information

Pfc Horace E. Fletcher worked in a sawmill before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 1 December 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy