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Personal info

Full name
LAND, Elmer Walker
Date of birth
27 June 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Edenton, Madison County, Kentucky
Hometown
Cottonburg, Madison County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35269375
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
16 September 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Harspelt-Sevenich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Shirley Land (father)
Iva E. (Duncan) Land (mother)
Herbert L. Land (brother)
Burdette Land (brother)
Virgil Land (brother)
Russell Land (brother)
Gilbert Land (brother)
Amy M. Land (sister)
Elsie Land (sister)
James C. Land (brother)
Wilburn C. Land (brother)

More information

Pfc Elmer W. Land attended high school for one year and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky, on 2 March 1942.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action.

Pfc Land is remembered at Salem Cemetery in Madison County, Kentucky.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Short Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Charging Forward KY / dms