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Personal info

Full name
FUNG, Elay Jacob
Date of birth
19 October 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38490218
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Habkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 15 10

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. Fung (father)
Lena J. (Briggs) Fung (mother)
Belela L. Fung (brother)
James J. Fung (brother)
Eloise M. Fung (sister)
Owen P. Fung (brother)
Lucille E. Fung (sister)
Florence C. (Sonnier) Fung (wife)
Ronald C. Fung (son)
Wilmer Fung (son)
William Fung (son)

More information

Cpl Elay J. Fung attended college for one year and was a housekeeper before he enlisted in Lafayette, Louisiana on 23 November 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Advertiser 27 December 1944
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