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Personal info

Full name
VANIER, Ernest
Date of birth
2 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Cohoes, Albany County, New York
Hometown
Cohoes, Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
32575225
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
111th Engineer Combat Battalion,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 62

Immediate family

Members
Victor A. Vanier Sr. (father)
Elizabeth (Charbonneau) Vanier (mother)
Victor A. Vanier Jr. (brother)
Elizabeth E. Vanier (sister)
Eugene G. Vanier (brother)
William R. Vanier (brother)
Beatrix Vanier (sister)
George A. Vanier (brother)
Harry Vanier (brother)
Rita J. Vanier (sister)
Henry A. Vanier (brother)
Francis W. Vanier (brother)

More information

Pvt Ernest Vanier was a construction worker before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 3 October 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest and stomach.

His brother Francis is also buried at Epinal Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett / Andy

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy