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Personal info

Full name
FRYER, Ernest Wayne
Date of birth
19 March 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Bell, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mahaffey, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33018221
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 May 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Silnice, Czechoslovakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 29 16

Immediate family

Members
William H. Fryer (father)
Clara E. (States) Fryer (mother)
Wayne E. Fryer (brother)
Guy A. Fryer (brother)
Ray F. Fryer (brother)
Dave E. Freyer (brother)
Otis B. Fryer (brother)
Iva V. Fryer (sister)
Ralph H. Fryer (brother)
Wiletta Fryer (sister)

More information

Cpl Ernest W. Fryer enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 18 April 1942. He attended 4 years of high school before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Limey Cemetery, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 /1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application / Stiver Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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