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Personal info

Full name
WELCH, Ernest Everett Sr
Date of birth
26 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Montgomery County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33753130
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 59

Immediate family

Members
Wilbur H. Welch (father)
Ester Welch (mother)
Beatrice Welch (sister)
Wilbur Welch (brother)
Evelyn F. (Hildebrand) Welch (wife)
Ernest E. Welch Jr. (son)

More information

Sgt Ernest E. Welch Sr. enlisted in Fort Myer, Virginia on 28 February 1944.
He attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Evelyn F. Hildebrand, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hoff Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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