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Personal info

Full name
BALES, Elwood Edward Jr
Date of birth
7 March 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Claude, Armstrong County, Texas
Hometown
Franklin County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37746008
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Sindorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 13

Immediate family

Members
Elwood E. Bales (father)
Ida V. (Moyer) Bales (mother)
Irene Bales (sister)
Georgie Bales (brother)
Virginia M. Bales (sister)
Kenneth B. Bales (brother)

More information

Pvt Elwood E. Bales Jr. graduated from Macksville High School.

He enlisted at Fort Levenworth, Kansas on 13 June 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com Family Trees / 1930 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Macksville High School Yearbook 1941, Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Facebook page