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S/Sgt Ernest L. Esham

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S/Sgt Ernest L. Esham Veteran

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
6 Jun 1944 (aged 35–36)
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Section I ~ Row 8 ~ Grave 12
Memorial ID
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Ernest served as a Staff Sergeant, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Wicomico County, Maryland and was a member of the Maryland National Guard prior to the war.

His National Guard unit was called into full time active Army service on February 3, 1941, prior to the war, from Salisbury, Maryland. He was noted, at that time, as being employed as a filling station attendant and also as being Married.

Ernest was "Killed In Action" on D-Day in France during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 20342687

Ernest also has a "cenotaph" in the Parsons Cemetery, Salisbury, Maryland.
( see family links below )

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
Ernest served as a Staff Sergeant, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Wicomico County, Maryland and was a member of the Maryland National Guard prior to the war.

His National Guard unit was called into full time active Army service on February 3, 1941, prior to the war, from Salisbury, Maryland. He was noted, at that time, as being employed as a filling station attendant and also as being Married.

Ernest was "Killed In Action" on D-Day in France during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 20342687

Ernest also has a "cenotaph" in the Parsons Cemetery, Salisbury, Maryland.
( see family links below )

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )



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  • Maintained by: Russ Pickett
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56644304/ernest_l-esham: accessed ), memorial page for S/Sgt Ernest L. Esham (1908–6 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56644304, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).