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Personal info

Full name
MEALER, Ellion Elbert
Date of birth
6 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Selmer, McNairy County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34886539
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Fôret-de-Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 91

Immediate family

Members
Charles G. Mealer (father)
Mamie L. (Wood) Mealer (mother)
Burton F. Mealer (brother)
Maxie J. Mealer (brother)
Hellen M. Mealer (sister)
Elizabeth Mealer (sister)
Ruthie L. Mealer (wife)

More information

Pvt Ellion E. Mealer was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 12 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

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 / Sheila Mealer Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Barbara McDaniel Powers and Curtis Mealer
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