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Personal info

Full name
EARL, Arthur J
Date of birth
19 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Colorado
Hometown
Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California

Military service

Service number
19086911
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast astride the Veghel-Uden road, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 15 24

Immediate family

Members
Homer T. Earl (father)
Thelma Earl (mother)
Anita Earl (sister)
Kenneth Earl (brother)
Richard Earl (brother)
Helen Earl (sister)
Dora Earl (sister)

More information

Pvt Arthur J. Earl was a maintenance painter before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in San Francisco, California on 31 July 1942. He attended high school for 1 year and was a painter in contruction and maintenance before he joined the army.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands on 24 September 1944. He was disinterred on 11 June 1948 and evacuated to Margraten where he was given his final resting place on 14 December 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.ww2-airborne.us, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://history.santacruzpl.org - Santa Cruz Public Library Remembering our own