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Personal info

Full name
PRICE, Lewis Roosevelt
Date of birth
4 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Marion Station, Somerset County, Maryland
Hometown
Somerset County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33134289
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 August 1944
Place of death
Crouy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 34 31

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Price (father)
Maggie Price (mother)
Thomas Price (brother)
Effie J. Price (sister)
Myrtle Price (sister)
Arthur Price (brother)
Earl Price (brother)
Gladys N. (Gleason) Price (wife)

More information

Pvt Lewis R. Price worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 15 January 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Pvt Lewis is remembered in the town Crouy, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Andy