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Personal info

Full name
SCATES, Lyell A
Date of birth
28 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Farmers Fork, Richmond County, Virginia
Hometown
Farmers Fork, Richmond County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33519512
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Hemmersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 43

Immediate family

Members
George W. Scates (father)
Evelyn D. (Williams) Scates (mother)
Robert W. Scates (brother)
Ada B. Scates (sister)
Virgil L. Scates (brother)
Virginia D. Scates (sister)
Joseph G. Scates (brother)
Eva M. Scates (sister)

More information

Sgt. Lyell A. Scates was a driver before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 14 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Betty Scates Rock, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Families of the Northern Neck of Virginia, www.findagrave.com - MGBVA

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com - Betty Scates Rock