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Personal info

Full name
PRESNELL, Ernest E L
Date of birth
29 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Watauga County, North Carolina
Hometown
Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34776847
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenae, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 3

Immediate family

Members
John H. Presnell (father)
Maggie M. (Combs) Presnell (mother)
Ralph H. Presnell (brother)
Jennie E. Presnell (sister)
Bedford F. Presnell (brother)
Pet Presnell (sister)
Glen G. Presnell (brother)
Bynum T. Presnell (brother)
Conrad W. Presnell (brother)

More information

Pfc Ernest E. L. Presnell worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 16 June 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record/ U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hodges Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Gloria Flanagan, www.newspapers.com - The Charlotte Observer - 14 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy