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Personal info

Full name
SPENCER, Edgar Jewel
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34922002
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy – la – Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 30 17

Immediate family

Members
David C. Spencer (father)
Marie Spencer (mother)
Dorothy Spencer (sister)
Nellie Spencer (sister)
Walter Spencer (brother)
Ardell Spencer (brother)
David Spencer Jr. (brother)
Docia Spencer (sister)

More information

Pvt Edgar J. Spencer worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 30 December 1943.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len