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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Earl Franklin
Date of birth
21 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Maryland
Hometown
Ballenger, Frederick County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33908287
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 36

Immediate family

Members
Elmer F. Miller (father)
Stella R. (Corun) Miller (mother)
Lena C. Miller (sister)
Roy C. Miller (brother)
Ruby R. Miller (sister)
Beulah M. (Blank) Miller (wife)
Earl F. Miller Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Earl F. Miller enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 18 August 1944. He was sent overseas on 8 January 1945.

He was taken prisoner of war and died the same day. The exact place and circumstances are not known.

He is remembered at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland.

His brother, Pvt Roy C. Miller, is buried at the American Cemetery of Margraten.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Earl F. Miller Jr., www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Denise, Frederick News Post - 12 July 1945