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Personal info

Full name
FAIRCHILD, Elmer Harrison
Date of birth
26 November 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Burfield, Wayne County, Kentucky
Hometown
Daviess County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35104468
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
45th Armored Medical Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 September 1944
Place of death
Near Mons, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 33 54

Immediate family

Members
William A. Fairchild (father)
Amanda (Eaton) Fairchild (mother)
Raymond S. Fairchild (brother)
Homer W. Fairchild (brother)
Flora E. Fairchild (sister)
Clarence E. Fairchild (brother)
Ernist I. Fairchild (sister)
Stella M. Fairchild (sister)

More information

Pvt Elmer H. Fairchild enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 3 June 1941.

He was a driver before he enlisted. And he was attached to a medical unit as a ambulance driver,

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Fairchild Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Joey, Ralph Peeters, The Owensboro Messenger Wed May 9 1945.