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Personal info

Full name
ENGLAND, Bert
Date of birth
8 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Leslie County, Kentucky
Hometown
Omarsville, Leslie County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35081604
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 32 3

Immediate family

Members
George England (father)
Mary (Valentine) England (mother)
Evelyn E. England (sister)
Waldo B. England (brother)
Pauline England (sister)
Edmond England (brother)
Erie England (sister)
Elonzie England (sister)
Lee G. England (brother)
June L. England (sister)
Mary F. England (sister)
Denver C. England (brother)
Elizabeth (Eversole) England (wife)
David N. England (son)

More information

Pfc Bert England was an engineer before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 15 April 1944.

He died of the effects of artillery shell fragments to his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gifford Valentine Powell Family Tree / Morris Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Bert Morris