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Personal info

Full name
HOLMES, Ernest Hubert
Date of birth
19 February 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13076912
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
56th Armored Infantry Battalion,
12th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 April 1945
Place of death
Near Limbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 42 21

Immediate family

Members
Alfred Holmes (father)
Elsie H. (Bulfinch) Holmes (mother)
Evelyn Holmes (sister)

More information

Pfc Ernest H. Holmes attended high school for three years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 18 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Pennsylvania Church and Town Records / Laveau Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.12tharmoredmuseum.com
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