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Personal info

Full name
ALCORN, Earl C
Date of birth
10 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33440828
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Scherpenseel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 14 67

Immediate family

Members
Eugene Alcorn (father)
Millie (Balant) Alcorn (mother)
Gerald I. Alcorn (brother)
Herbert R. Alcorn (brother)
Eugene Alcorn (brother)
Glenn Alcorn (brother)
Edward Alcorn (brother)

More information

Pfc Alcorn graduated from Greensburg High School in 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
Greensburg Daily Tribune 9 October 1944, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 census / Veteran Compansation Application File

Photo source: Joel Gilferd, www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten