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Personal info

Full name
EASTMAN, Alan Richard
Date of birth
27 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36557796
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biffontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 52

Immediate family

Members
Louis R. Eastman (father)
Caroline G. (Hintze) Eastman (mother)

More information

Alan R. Eastman graduated from Highland Park High School.

He enlisted on 8 January 1943. He first served as an instructor and was sent to Italy in June 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / 141aar-October-November-1944.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press, Dwight “Andy” Anderson, Chris Williis