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Personal info

Full name
SEABROOKE, Ernest Rivers
Date of birth
29 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Yorkshire, Great Britain
Hometown
Schenectady County, New York

Military service

Service number
32576891
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merseburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 14 15

Immediate family

Members
Edith (Garden) Seabrooke (mother)

More information

Pvt Ernest R. Seabrooke arrived in the USA from Canada on 21 December 1926.

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 13 October 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Border Crossings / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet