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Personal info

Full name
DE CAMP, Ernest Bernard
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Vermont
Hometown
Collinsville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31462386
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 8 59

Immediate family

Members
James B. De Camp (father)
Maybelle M. De Camp (mother)
Ruth L. De Camp (sister)
Esther A. De Camp (sister)
Leon H. De Camp (brother)
Alice M. De Camp (sister)
Fred C. De Camp (brother)
Dorothy K. De Camp (wife)
Ernest B. De Camp Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Ernest B. De Camp worked in the shipping room of the Beaver Brook Mill in Collinsville before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 8 April 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census, The Lowell Sun, www.archives.gov, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: The Lowell Sun, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet