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Personal info

Full name
DUKE, Lloyd Emmett
Date of birth
14 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Hometown
Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34983379
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 44

Immediate family

Members
Claude H. Duke (father)
Nettie L. (Osborne) Duke (mother)
Howard M. Duke (brother)
Maxine Duke (sister)

More information

Pfc Lloyd E. Duke attended Treadwell High School.

He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 15 March 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records

Photo source: Peter Schouteten