ENGLAND, Sgt. Birch, 29, killed in action in Germany Jan. 22, 1945 while serving with Company "A", 302nd Infantry, 94th Division. His body will arrive in Knoxville at 2 p.m. Friday and will be taken to the home of his mother in Maryville. Funeral services 3 p.m. Saturday at Carpenter's Camp Grounds, with interment in church cemetery.
Survivors: mother, Mrs. Zadie L. England; two brothers, Denest and Lakes; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Whitmore and Mrs. Bessie Garrett, all of Maryville. VFW Post 5154 in charge of grave services.
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Birch England actually died of wounds in a Luxembourg hospital. His death death on his tombstone is incorrect. He actually died in 1945 and laid to rest 3 years later, in 1948.
Survivors: mother, Mrs. Zadie L. England; two brothers, Denest and Lakes; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Whitmore and Mrs. Bessie Garrett, all of Maryville. VFW Post 5154 in charge of grave services.
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Birch England actually died of wounds in a Luxembourg hospital. His death death on his tombstone is incorrect. He actually died in 1945 and laid to rest 3 years later, in 1948.
ENGLAND, Sgt. Birch, 29, killed in action in Germany Jan. 22, 1945 while serving with Company "A", 302nd Infantry, 94th Division. His body will arrive in Knoxville at 2 p.m. Friday and will be taken to the home of his mother in Maryville. Funeral services 3 p.m. Saturday at Carpenter's Camp Grounds, with interment in church cemetery.
Survivors: mother, Mrs. Zadie L. England; two brothers, Denest and Lakes; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Whitmore and Mrs. Bessie Garrett, all of Maryville. VFW Post 5154 in charge of grave services.
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Birch England actually died of wounds in a Luxembourg hospital. His death death on his tombstone is incorrect. He actually died in 1945 and laid to rest 3 years later, in 1948.
Survivors: mother, Mrs. Zadie L. England; two brothers, Denest and Lakes; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Whitmore and Mrs. Bessie Garrett, all of Maryville. VFW Post 5154 in charge of grave services.
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Birch England actually died of wounds in a Luxembourg hospital. His death death on his tombstone is incorrect. He actually died in 1945 and laid to rest 3 years later, in 1948.
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