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Personal info

Full name
HOLBROOK, Marcus C
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34689219
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pommérieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 29 25

Immediate family

Members
James A. Holbrook (father)
Maggie Holbrook (mother)
Leon Holbrook (brother)
Carlton A. Holbrook (brother)
Marion Holbrook (brother)
William C. Holbrook (brother)
Myrtie C. Holbrook (sister)
Clifford I. Holbrook (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Marcus C. Holbrook enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 10 February 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

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

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