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Personal info

Full name
HUMPHREY, Fredrick Earley "Dick"
Date of birth
4 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Plant City, Polk County, Florida
Hometown
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida

Military service

Service number
7087153
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
14th Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart,
Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 37

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Humphrey (father)
Thomas Humphrey (brother)

More information

Fred Humphrey worked with his father as a carpenter.

He joined the Regular Army on 17 February 1940 and was sent to Europe less than two months before his death.

His brother Thomas served with the U.S. Marines in the South Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Humphrey Family Tree, St. Petersburg Times - 20 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, St. Petersburg Times - 20 January 1945