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SLATE, Eulys Francis - Date of
birth
11 January 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Tulare County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39417088 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Ammunition Handler -
Unit
HQ Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
20 December 1944 - Place of
death
Samree, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Ernest L. Slate (father)
Ora I. (Adams) Slate (mother)
Leon Slate (brother)
Lenora L. Slate (sister)
Rozella Slate (sister)
J. O. Slate (brother)
Mary L. Slate (sister)
Linda J. Slate (sister)
More information
Pvt Eulys F. Slate entered the service on June 24, 1943 in Fresno, California. He had completed grammar school and was working as a farm hand.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / WWII Draft Card / 1940 US Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.7tharmddiv.org - Michael Haynes (nephew)