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Personal info

Full name
LEMLEY, Earl F
Date of birth
2 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Summit County, Ohio
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
6663781
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Gruflange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 44

Immediate family

Members
Kenner E. Lemley (father)
Asa (Garinger) Lemley (mother)
Glenn Lemley (brother)
Virginia Lemley (sister)

More information

Pfc Earl F. Lemley attended Garfield High School for three years and worked for the Merry Weather Company before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana, on 25 June 1942 and going overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio Birth Index, www.87thinfantrydivision.com. www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal - 2 March 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal - 2 March 1945