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Personal info

Full name
SCOTT, Eddie Arnold
Date of birth
31 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34071790
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
607th Tank Destroyer Battalion,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Kerschenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 8

Immediate family

Members
Clara Sherwood (mother)
Lawrence Sherwood (stepbrother)
Hazel Sherwood (stepsister)
Audet Sherwood (stepsister)
Wilma Sherwood (stepsister)
Jack Sherwood (stepbrother)
Prentis Sherwood (stepsister)
Twyla F. Sherwood (stepsister)

More information

Sgt Eddie A. Scott worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Jacksonville Army Airforce Base, Florida on 7 April 1941.

During the assault on Kerschenbach one tankdestroyer was hit by enemy artillery and burned. Another casualty was Cpl Edward L. Bane.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Leo Minne, Sandy Pittman (niece), Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Kelle Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.tankdestroyer.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://www.tankdestroyer.net/units/unitphotogalleries/607th, Emira Mazlout - Seasonal Guide - Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery