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Personal info

Full name
SPROUSE, Rex L
Date of birth
13 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
West Grove, Davis County, Iowa
Hometown
Drakesville, Davis County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37678192
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
Hayange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 40

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Sprouse (father)
Ida M. (Robinson) Sprouse (mother)
Donald R. Sprouse (brother)
Betty V. Sprouse (sister)
Teddy R. Sprouse (brother)
Louis F. Sprouse (sister)
Keith D. Sprouse (brother)
Shirley J. Sprouse (sister)
Mary J. Sprouse (sister)
Kyle D. Sprouse (brother)

More information

Pvt Rex Sprouse attended high school for 1 year and was in agricultural occupation before he enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 9 September 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lynch Wisdom Family Tree / 1940 Census / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files, www.findagrave.com
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