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Personal info

Full name
ALEXANDER, Eugene
Date of birth
17 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky
Hometown
Floyd County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35072462
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Remagen Bridgehead, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 63

Immediate family

Members
Bolden R. Alexander (father)
Mamie Alexander (mother)
Eura M. Alexander (sister)
Edwin Alexander (brother)
Mary Alexander (sister)
Ronda Alexander (sister)
Florence Alexander (sister)
Thomas S. Alexander (brother)
William F. Alexander (brother)
Howard J. Alexander (brother)
Opal S. (Bromley) Alexander (wife)
Bobby Alexander (son)
Jesse Alexander (son)
Phil Alexander (son)

More information

Pvt Eugene Alexander enlisted in Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 11 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, Newspapers

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Newspapers