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Personal info

Full name
EPPERSON, Granville
Date of birth
11 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Knox County, Kentucky
Hometown
Dewitt, Knox County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35668335
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 14 43

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Epperson (father)
Sudie (Messer) Epperson (mother)
Allie M. Epperson (sister)
Woodrow Epperson (brother)
Charles Epperson (brother)
Florence E. Epperson (sister)
Daphne Epperson (sister)
Dore Epperson (brother)
Ella J. Epperson (sister)
Daniel Epperson (brother)
Sudie (Hensley) Epperson (wife)
Paul W. Epperson (son)

More information

T/5 Granville Epperson was a miner and mining-machine operator before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 27 October 1942.

He was killed by a gunshot in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery