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Personal info

Full name
STRONG, George E
Date of birth
21 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Lee County, Kentucky
Hometown
Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35701714
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
Paris, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 34 57

Immediate family

Members
Charley W. Strong (father)
Nora (Bradner) Strong (mother)
Alma J. Strong (sister)
Evelyn Strong (sister)
Frances Strong (sister)

More information

Pfc George E. Strong graduated from Salyersville High school and attended Western Kentucky Teachers College.

He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 14 April 1943.

Pfc Strong was reported wouned in action in Germany on 13 October 1944 and died in a hospital in Paris, France.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Courier Journal Kentucky - 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Western Kentucky University Archives - Suellyn Lathrop