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Personal info

Full name
WARD, Earnest Edward
Date of birth
8 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Stanton, Martin County, Texas
Hometown
Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38633114
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 44

Immediate family

Members
Lonnie A. Ward (father)
Bessie E. (Puckett) Ward (mother)
Mary L. Ward (sister)
Raymond L. Ward (brother)
Billie D. Ward (brother)
Lonnie A. Ward Jr. (brother)
Viola M. (Bruner) Ward (wife)

More information

Pvt Earnest E. Ward enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 14 August 1944.

He was shot by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Williams Family Tree / Texas Birth Certificates, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Asgaha / Amatexson