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Personal info

Full name
MAYERS, Ernest Wilbur
Date of birth
7 July 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Carroll County, Maryland
Hometown
Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33772706
Rank
Private
Function
Messenger
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rouves, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 29

Immediate family

Members
George J. Mayers (father)
Annie E. Mayers (mother)
Luther H. Mayers (brother)
Effie C. Mayers (sister)
Emma M. Mayers (sister)
Naomi Mayers (sister)
Lloyd I. Mayers (brother)
Viola E. Mayers (sister)
George R. Mayers (brother)
Catherine (Arter) Mayers (wife)
Wilbur I. Mayers (son)
Richard Mayers (son)

More information

Pvt Ernest W. Mayers was a carrier in a silk mill before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 6 March 1944. He was sent overseas on 1 August 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Megan–Mayers-Brown Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Gettysburg Times - 5 February 1945