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Personal info

Full name
ELDER, Archie Alexander
Date of birth
24 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Bear Creek Village, Flathead County, Montana
Hometown
Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39615395
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
347th Engineer General Service Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 24 31

Immediate family

Members
Archibald C. Elder (father)
Christina D. (Johnstone) Elder (mother)
Mary Ann Elder (sister)
Vera E. (Kortte) Elder (wife)

More information

Pvt Archie A. Elder was employed at the North Fork Coal Mine before he enlisted in Butte, Montana on 7 January 1943.

He was taken prisoner and died of his injuries in Germany. Whether he died in a POW camp or in a hospital is unknown.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Cinalli Elder Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Lee Millington, www.ancestry.com – Joan Cinalli