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Personal info

Full name
SPROUSE, George Edward
Date of birth
24 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Henrico County, Virginia
Hometown
West Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
20409509
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
630th Tank Destroyer Battalion,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Recogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 3 51

Immediate family

Members
George E. Sprouse (father)
Annie K. (Williams) Sprouse (mother)
Marshall E. Sprouse (brother)
Kennith R. Sprouse (brother)
Geraldine Sprouse (sister)
Claudine (Jennings) Sprouse (wife)

More information

Pvt George E. Sprouse worked on a farm.

He joined the National Guard in Sanford, North Carolina on 16 September 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Virginia U.S. Birth Records, http://www.tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs/630_-_Oper_Report_Dec_16_44_to_Jan_4_1945.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet