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Personal info

Full name
HOLLIS, Eugene T
Date of birth
23 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35053750
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 55

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Hollis (father)
Eva M. Hollis (mother)
Raymond Hollis (brother)
Arthur Hollis (brother)
Walter Hollis (brother)
Herbert Hollis (brother)
Helen Hollis (sister)
Wilfred Hollis (brother)
Richard Hollis (brother)
Zelma Hollis (wife)
Eugene T. Hollis Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Eugene T. Hollis attended Collinwood High School and was employed at Cleveland Punch & Shear Company.

He enlisted at Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio on 20 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio, Birth Index / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Plain Dealer - 7 March 1945