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Personal info

Full name
EVANS, Fred Bailey
Date of birth
28 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Childress, Childress County, Texas
Hometown
Childress, Childress County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38342530
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Near Hottviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 11

Immediate family

Members
Jesse H. Evans (father)
Minnie C. (Bailey) Evans (mother)
Nolan H. Evans (brother)
Irene Evans (sister)
Jaene Evans (sister)
Verna I. Evans (sister)
Frances D. Evans (sister)

More information

Pfc Fred B. Evans attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 25 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments on his back.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - James Durham
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Theron Corse