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Personal info

Full name
EARL, Warren Harding
Date of birth
20 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Ontario, San Bernardino County, California
Hometown
Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California

Military service

Service number
39095791
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hommerdingen-Mettendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 67

Immediate family

Members
Jesse F. Earl (father)
Louise (Archer) Earl (mother)
Howard Earl (brother)
Hawley Earl (brother)

More information

Sgt Warren H. Earl attended high school for three years and was employed by the Safeway Stores when he enlisted on 14 February 1942.

In September 1944 he was wounded by artillery shell fragments in his heel.
He was discharged from hospital in January 1945.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem