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Personal info

Full name
MCELRATH, Otis Eugene
Date of birth
20 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Hometown
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34867344
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
North of Gros-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 37 17

Immediate family

Members
John E. McElrath (father)
Catherine A. (Wright) McElrath (mother)
Ruth V. McElrath (sister)
Samuel H. McElrath (brother)
Addie E. McElrath (sister)
Marion J. McElrath (brother)
Charles L. McElrath (brother)
Hazel M. (Jones) McElrath (wife)
Peggy J. McElrath (daughter)

More information

Pvt Otis E. McElrath attended high school for one year and was a weaver at the Beacon Manufacturing Company before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 15 June 1944.

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 / Owensby Riddle Working Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
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