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Personal info

Full name
EAVES, George Samuel
Date of birth
25 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Hometown
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35723307
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Monschau forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 38

Immediate family

Members
George T. Eaves (father)
Stella M. (Penrod) Eaves (mother)
Duward T. Eaves (brother)
Bernetta B. Eaves (sister)
Dorothy C. Eaves (sister)
Barbara A. Eaves (sister)
Carl D. Eaves (brother)

More information

Pvt George S. Eaves worked on a farm before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 21 January 1943.

He is remembered at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Foster Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Brenda White Broadway

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Anita R. Austill