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Personal info

Full name
MCFARLAND, Beryl Eugene
Date of birth
1 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Rural Valley, Summit County, Ohio
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35235099
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Belmont - Les Rouges Eaux - Le Haut Jacques, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 26

Immediate family

Members
Kass McFarland (father)
Drusilla V. (Brown) McFarland (mother)
James McFarland (brother)
John H. McFarland (brother)
Lucinda McFarland (sister)
Sarce A. McFarland (sister)
Peter F. McFarland (brother)
Hazel F. McFarland (wife)
Susan McFarland (daughter)

More information

Sgt Beryl E. McFarland attended college for one year and owned a filling and gas service station.

He enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 5 August 1943.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his actions on 30 October 1944 in the vicinity of Le Haut Jacques, east of Les Rouges Eaux. He was killed that day by small arms fire to his abdomen.

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