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Personal info

Full name
FALLS, Max Earnst
Date of birth
24 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Lyford, Florida Township, Parke County, Indiana
Hometown
Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
36023654
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Armored Engineer Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 4 9

Immediate family

Members
Edward Falls (father)
Della Falls (mother)
Juanita Falls (sister)
Gertrude Falls (sister)
Dolores Falls (sister)
Leona Falls (sister)
Avanell Falls (sister)
Neomia Falls (sister)

More information

Cpl Max E. Falls enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 25 June 1941.

Cpl Falls was killed by a German soldier after his surrender was accepted.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Vigo County Public Library (scrapbook), The Daily Clintonian, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Vigo County Public Library (scrapbook), The Daily Clintonian