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Personal info

Full name
PEARCE, John Albert
Date of birth
4 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Sharpsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33689161
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hill 781 near Le Tholy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 7 26

Immediate family

Members
John E. Pearce (father)
Evelyn A. (Bothwell) Pearce (mother)
Grace E. Pearce (sister)
Mary C. Pearce (sister)

More information

Pfc John A. Pearce graduated from the Blairsville High School.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 2 June 1943 and was sent overseas in February 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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