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Personal info

Full name
HOLMES, Dwight Lee Jr
Date of birth
18 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33725911
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Aegidienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 5 47

Immediate family

Members
Dwight L. Holmes (father)
Ruth Holmes (mother)
Margaret L. Holmes (sister)
Allen E. Holmes (brother)
Nancy M. Holmes (sister)
Richard J. Holmes (brother)

More information

Pfc Dwight L. Holmes attended college and was a laboratory assistant before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 27 May 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten