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Personal info

Full name
SEXTON, Earl
Date of birth
8 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wayne County, Kentucky
Hometown
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36905678
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 79

Immediate family

Members
James Sexton (father)
Jewel V. Sexton (mother)
Lela B. Sexton (sister)
Dallas F. Sexton (brother)
Hazel L. (Bosecker) Sexton (wife)
Larry B. Sexton (son)
Earl R. Sexton (son)
Dana K. Sexton (daughter)

More information

Pvt Earl Sexton was employed by the Sears Robuck Co.

He joined his unit in January 1945.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - James Osborne