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Personal info

Full name
ACREMAN, George Washington
Date of birth
11 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Georgiana, Butler County, Alabama
Hometown
Georgiana, Butler County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34581600
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
397th Infantry Regiment,
100th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Mouterhouse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 14 52

Immediate family

Members
Henry E. Acreman (father)
Fannie P. (Powel) Acreman (mother)
Francis C. Acreman (sister)
Mary I. Acreman (sister)
Eldridge S. Acreman (brother)
Larice L. Acreman (sister)
Rosa B. Acreman (half sister)
Henry W. Acreman (half brother)
Cecil W. Acreman (half brother)
Calvin J. Acreman (half brother)
Bertha K. Acreman (half sister)

More information

S/Sgt George W. Acreman attended grammar school before enlisting at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 22 November 1942.

“After pausing in Mouterhouse, the Company moved about six kilometres north, where it dug in on a hill above Bitche. Principal feature here was repeated mortar fire from Bitche direction. Here Acrement (Sgt. from Alabama) received a lethal head wound; his blood filled a space six feet across in the worn-down floor of the old Mouterhouse post office as he eased from unconsciousness into death.”

Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Army Enlistment Records / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Thaggard-Cochran Family Tree / Bruner-Beasley Family Tree, 'Company I: World War II Combat History'
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy