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Personal info

Full name
HAISTINGS, Ernie J
Date of birth
17 February 1910
Age
35
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Mendon, Adams County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36057120
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Near Messelhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 64

Immediate family

Members
Lorenzo D. Haistings (father)

More information

Pfc Ernie J. Haistings worked on a farm before he enlisted in Scott Field, Illinois on 27 March 1942.
He was first buried at the German War Cemetery in Reutti, Germany.
He is remembered at the Mendon Cemetery in Mendon, Adams County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Sue Whitaker
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Sue Whitaker