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Full name
SUTHERLAND, Earl Rhodes
Date of birth
29 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Springville, Utah County, Utah
Hometown
Provo City, Utah

Military service

Service number
39225102
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Platoon Sergeant
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Saint Jure, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 12

Immediate family

Members
George H. Sutherland (father)
Laura J. Sutherland (mother)
Alger Sutherland (brother)
Dora Sutherland (sister)
Cleo Sutherland (sister)
Bessie Sutherland (sister)
George P. Sutherland (brother)
Frank Sutherland (brother)
Forrest T. Sutherland (brother)
Jack I. Sutherland (brother)
Rosemary (Ackerman) Sutherland (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Earl Sutherland graduated from Provo High School.
He trained at Fort Ord, Camp Adair and Camp Shelby before he was sent overseas in September 1944.

According to the Company Morning Report of 17 November he was declared Missing in Action since 8 November. On 25 November the Company Morning Report has an entry that his status was changed to Killed in Action on 10 November.
At that time the Company moved thru Saint Jure, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Ralph Peeters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Utah Military Records / U.S. City Directories, www.findagrave.com, www.80thdivision.com - Company L. Morning Reports,
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Daily Herald Sun 3 December 1944