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Personal info

Full name
MINER, Elbert Foust
Date of birth
31 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Lemon, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Berkshire, Tioga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32949199
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riquewihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 14 13

Immediate family

Members
Ivan B. Miner (father)
Blanche E. (Foust) Miner (mother)
Ernest F. Miner (brother)
Esther R. Miner (sister)
Geraldine M. Miner (sister)
Mary Miner (sister)
Ina (Torrey) Miner (wife)

More information

Pfc Elbert F. Miner attended high school for four years and was a welder, employed by the Owego Hardware Company before he enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 30 December 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Loreman Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Oswego Free Academy 1931 Tom-Tom Yearbook