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Personal info

Full name
WAKEFIELD, Earl Franklin
Date of birth
29 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33920416
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Vossenack, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 85

Immediate family

Members
Frank V. Wakefield (father)
Isabel A. (Carlisle) Wakefield (mother)
Ella Wakefield (sister)
Dorothy M. (Johnson) Wakefield (wife)

More information

Pvt Earl F. Wakefield was a clerk before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 26 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kenney Walsh February / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – SLR Holloway