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Personal info

Full name
ELLIS, Albert McBride
Date of birth
12 December 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Boyle County, Kentucky
Hometown
Gravel Switch, Boyle County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35706756
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 30

Immediate family

Members
Charles I. Ellis (father)
Lillie B. (Hundley) Ellis (mother)
Rufus B. Ellis (brother)
Nora L. Ellis (sister)
Boyd W. Ellis (brother)
Robert J. Ellis (brother)
Kelly G. Ellis (brother)
Anna M. (Leber) Ellis (wife)

More information

Sgt Albert M. Ellis was a graduate of Forkland High School and had attended Eastern State Teachers College in Richmond.

He was a merchant operating the firm of Calhoun and Ellis at Forkland before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 28 July 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Ralph Peeters, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / An American Journey, Ellises of Kentucky / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Advocate Messenger 14 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Advocate-Messenger - 31 July 2011 courtesy of Boyle County Public Library