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Personal info

Full name
MEYERS, Eugene Otto
Date of birth
28 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Alexander, Saline County, Arkansas
Hometown
Alexander, Saline County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38662758
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Puzieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 11

Immediate family

Members
Otto L. Meyers (father)
Margarette T. (Prange) Meyers (mother)
Elsie Meyers (sister)
Evelyn Meyers (sister)
Hubert Meyers (brother)
Bertha C. Meyers (sister)

More information

Pvt Eugene O. Meyers' mother died in 1932 and so he was raised by his grandparents. He was employed at the Ralph Hill Dairy in Bryant, Saline County before he enlisted in December 1942.

He was killed by an artillery shell fragment at his forehead.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / James Baxter Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary