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Personal info

Full name
SPENCER, Lewis Franklin
Date of birth
9 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Hampton, Virginia
Hometown
Warwick County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33859378
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
276th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Forbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 5 63

Immediate family

Members
George W. Spencer (father)
Annie L. (Elliott) Spencer (mother)
Hazel V. Spencer (sister)
Clara L. Spencer (sister)
Edward G. spencer (brother)
Edith E. Spencer (sister)
Annie L. Spencer (sister)
Bernice Spencer (sister)
Thomas Spencer (brother)
Lucille B. (Browne) Spencer (wife)
Judy A. Spencer (daughter)
Lewis F. Spencer Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Lewis F. Spencer enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 31 August 1944, previously having been employed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / North Carolina, Marriage Records / 1930 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.newspapers.com – Daily Press - 24 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Lewis Spencer, www.newspapers.com – Daily Press - 13 May 1945