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Pvt. Ernest Eckard

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Pvt. Ernest Eckard Veteran

Birth
Parsons, Tucker County, West Virginia, USA
Death
1 Oct 1944 (aged 34)
England
Burial
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Section E ~ Row 6 ~ Grave 79
Memorial ID
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Ernest served as a Private and cannoneer, 17th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on April 4, 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Stock Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.

He "Died Of Wounds" received in a attack on September 9, 1944 toward Sillegny, France from woods west of town during the war. He later died in a hospital and was awarded a Purple Heart.

Service # 33179797

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Ernest served as a Private and cannoneer, 17th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on April 4, 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Stock Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.

He "Died Of Wounds" received in a attack on September 9, 1944 toward Sillegny, France from woods west of town during the war. He later died in a hospital and was awarded a Purple Heart.

Service # 33179797

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

Inscription

PVT 17 TK BN 7 ARMD DIV MARYLAND


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  • Maintained by: Russ Pickett
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289428/ernest-eckard: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt. Ernest Eckard (30 Mar 1910–1 Oct 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56289428, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).