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Personal info

Full name
AZLING, Earnest Alexander
Date of birth
29 August 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Dickinson, Galveston County, Texas
Hometown
Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38606243
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riedwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 9 51

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin J. Azling (father)
Rosie P. (Stroud) Azling (mother)
Owen H. Azling (brother)
Monday S. Azling (sister)
Thomas J. Azling (brother)
Susie B. Azling (wife)
Ernestine R. Azling (daughter)

More information

Pfc Earnest A. Azling graduated from Nara Visa High School in New Mexico and was a section hand, employed by the Rock Island Company.

He enlisted in Dalhart, Texas on 4 December 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Amarillo Globe-Times - 13 February 1945