Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
HOLMES, Vernon Elwood
Date of birth
16 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Carter County, Kentucky
Hometown
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33846852
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 8 4

Immediate family

Members
James N. Holmes (father)
Sarah (Hicks) Holmes (mother)
Alma Holmes (sister)
Malinda J. Holmes (sister)
Tracy Holmes (brother)
Kenneth Holmes (brother)
Nellie Holmes (sister)
America E. Holmes (sister)
Ezzard Holmes (brother)
Roy E. Holmes (brother)
Ralph P. Holmes (brother)
Dorothy K. Holmes (sister)
Edna M. Holmes (sister)
Juanita E. Holmes (sister)
Erma Holmes (wife)

More information

Vernon Holmes enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 20 March 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com -Des Philippet