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Personal info

Full name
WEAVER, Erskine Stuart
Date of birth
9 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia
Hometown
Staunton, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33843975
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ancy sur Moselle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 28 30

Immediate family

Members
Taze Weaver (father)
Henseta VA. Weaver (mother)
Hassir VA. Weaver (brother)
Bessie B. Weaver (sister)
James F. Weaver (brother)
Raymond G. Weaver (brother)
Loyd S. Weaver (brother)
Mary E. (Desper) Weaver (wife)
Bobby Weaver (son)
Erskine E. Weaver (son)

More information

Pvt. Erskine S. Weaver enlisted at Ft. George Meade, Maryland on 9 March 1944.

He worked in a velvet mill before he enlisted.

He was first buried Temporary American Military Cemetery in St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Virginia Birth Records / Headstone and Interment Record / Chandler Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.newspapers.com - The News Leader 21 December 1944