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Personal info

Full name
CATRON, Ernest
Date of birth
25 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Windy, Wayne County, Kentucky
Hometown
Wayne County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35463961
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 5 17

Immediate family

Members
Grover C. Catron (father)
Millie A. (Bertram) Catron (mother)
Obie Catron (brother)
Allene Catron (sister)
Edna Catron (sister)
Ray Catron (brother)
May Catron (sister)

More information

Sgt Ernest Catron enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 22 July 1942.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Marsha (Jackson) New, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ken Anthony Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Marsha (Jackson) New