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Personal info

Full name
HAMPTON, Lloyd Ervin
Date of birth
13 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Hometown
Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34969961
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 12 22

Immediate family

Members
Martin L. Hampton (father)
Martha F. Hampton (mother)
Conway Hampton (brother)
Clara L. Hampton (wife)
Phyllis A. Hampton (daughter)

More information

Pfc Lloyd E. Hampton served with the Infantry in the European Theater of Operations in France and Germany. He entered the service on 10 April 1944 and went overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - A History of Cabarrus County in the Wars / Lindsey Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com