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Personal info

Full name
BERRY, Erastus Luther
Date of birth
14 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Meade County, Kentucky
Hometown
Meade County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35104247
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Near Domfessel or Dehlingen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 37 29

Immediate family

Members
Arlen F. Berry (father)
Lura B. (Argabright) Berry (mother)
Margaret L. Berry (sister)
Roy Berry (brother)
Nellie C. Berry (sister)
Viola Berry (sister)
Nora B. Berry (sister)
Marvin O. Berry (brother)

More information

Pfc Erastus L. Berry enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 12 May 1941.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, AAR 53rd inf. battalion July 44 thru May 1945.

Photo source: Veterans Day Presentation 2010