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Personal info

Full name
LOFTON, Earl Cusic
Date of birth
30 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky
Hometown
Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35729931
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near Villeneuve, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Martin I. Lofton (father)
Anna E. (Tinsley) Lofton (mother)
Archie W. Lofton (brother)
Orland N. Lofton (brother)
Ona Lofton (sister)
May I. Lofton (sister)
Una L. Lofton (sister)
Fernie Lofton (brother)
Calvin C. Lofton (brother)
Patricia A. Lofton (sister)
Raymond E. Lofton (brother)
Alice J. Lofton (sister)

More information

Pfc Earl C. Lofton attended high school for two years and was employed at the Maginnis Coal Company before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 23 April 1943.

He is remembered at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Linda Y, After Action Report 26th Infantry

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – R & S, Linda Y