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Personal info

Full name
DOUGHERTY, Earl Clement
Date of birth
16 December 1906
Age
37
Place of birth
Crawford County, Iowa
Hometown
Denison, Crawford County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37418652
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 27

Immediate family

Members
Patrick Dougherty (father)
Margaret T. (Castello) Dougherty (mother)
Mary A. Dougherty (sister)
Edward J. Dougherty (brother)
John M. Dougherty (brother)
Margaret F. Dougherty (sister)
Robert E. Dougherty (brother)
Leonard P. Dougherty (brother)
Bernard V. Dougherty (brother)
Lucille A. Dougherty (sister)

More information

Sgt Earl C. Dougherty was employed at the Frank Eblen Construction Company before he enlisted at Fort Des Moines, Iowa on 12 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his face and neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hopsital Admission Card / McFadden Sik Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy