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Personal info

Full name
WELCOME, Earl Allen
Date of birth
3 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31436338
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dorfweil or Schmitten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 70

Immediate family

Members
George J. Welcome (father)
Mary (Ager) Welcome (mother)
Hazel L. Welcome (sister)
Edward A. Welcome (brother)
Beatrice W. Welcome (sister)
Walter H. Welcome (brother)
Frederick J. Welcome (brother)

More information

Pvt Earl A. Welcome enlisted at Fort Banks, Boston, Massachusetts on 2 October 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Massachusetts Birth Index 1860-1970 / WWII Draft Cards for Young Men

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