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Personal info

Full name
PLUMMER, Earl Kenneth
Date of birth
10 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Haddon, Sullivan County, Indiana
Hometown
Gibson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35728787
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
247th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 1 15

Immediate family

Members
Joe S. Plummer (father)
Odessa M. Plummer (mother)
Lillie M. Plummer (sister)
Ruby Plummer (sister)
Joseph B. Plummer (brother)
Anna Bedwell (half-sister)
Floyd Bedwell (half-brother)
Rowan Bedwell (half-brother)
Bobby Bedwell (half-brother)
Marguerite E. (Stegner) Plummer (wife)

More information

Pfc Earl K. Plummer was employed by the Southern Railroad.

He enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 1 April 1943 and was overseas for sixteen months.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920 Census, WWII Draft Card, Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Carolyn Hudson (niece) - courtesy of Kathy McDermott