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Personal info

Full name
SANDERS, Ellus M
Date of birth
28 December 1925
Age
18
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34874747
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hoéville, Serre, Arracourt or Rechicourt-la-Petite, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 25 27

Immediate family

Members
Ward B. Sanders (father)
Inez (Moss) Sanders (mother)
Thelma E. Sanders (sister)
Tommy L. Sanders (brother)
Euple M. Sanders (sister)
Harold Sanders (brother)
Aubrey H. Sanders (brother)

More information

Pvt Ellus M. Sanders enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 16 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Labathe/Evans & Branches / Headstone and Interment Record

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