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Personal info

Full name
EATON, Lewis Glenn
Date of birth
7 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Oswego, Oswego County, New York
Hometown
Norwich, Chenango County, New York

Military service

Service number
32470917
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 19 18

Immediate family

Members
Lewis M. Eaton (father)
Edith A. (Burr) Eaton (mother)
Lillian V. Eaton (sister)
Anna E. (Blakely) Eaton (wife)
Jackie Eaton (son)

More information

Sgt Lewis G. Eaton was employed at the Victory Chain and Norwich Pharma Cal Company before he enlisted.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jean Stratton Barto cast of Thousands / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Honoring Their Lives, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun Bulletin 25 November 1944, www.6tharmoreddivision.com


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