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Personal info

Full name
ABERNATHY, Marcel Ivis
Date of birth
29 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wabash, Fountain County, Indiana
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42088097
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 40 8

Immediate family

Members
Roby Abernathy (father)
Anna (Long) Abernathy (mother)
Vivienna Abernathy (sister)
Carl E. Abernathy (brother)
Della L. Abernathy (half-sister)
Paul Abernathy (half-brother)
Velma Abernathy (half-sister)
Alta J. Abernathy (half-sister)
Violet E. (Lever) Abernathy (wife)

More information

Pvt Marcel I. Abernathy attended high school for four years and was a production worker before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 13 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Hidden Treasures Family Tree / Indiana Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy