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Personal info

Full name
ESTES, Elmer Moore
Date of birth
4 February 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Mount Bullion, Mariposa County, California
Hometown
Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39342602
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Herpelmont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 65

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Estes (father)
Anna E. (Moore) Estes (mother)
Kenneth H. Estes (brother)
Anna (Cross) Estes (wife)

More information

Pvt Elmer M. Estes was married to Anna Cross on 24 December 1935.

He was employed by the Lamm Lumber Company and enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 15 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Oregon Marriage Indexes 1906-2009 / 141aar-October-November-1944.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson, www.newspapers.com - Herald and News 30 October 1944