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Personal info

Full name
HUFFAKER, Elmer Lee
Date of birth
9 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Henrietta, Coal County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Clearwater, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39558056
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Ménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 49

More information

Pfc Elmer L. Huffaker attended high school for three years and was a construction worker employed by Commercial Iron Works before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 3 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Mier Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy