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Personal info

Full name
ADKINS, Elmer
Date of birth
14 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35245324
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
The border between France and Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 6 51

Immediate family

Members
John L. Adkins (father)
Judy (Mitten) Adkins (mother)
Helena Adkins (sister)
Stanton Adkins (brother)
Mrytle Adkins (sister)
Virginia L. (Toothman) Adkins (wife)
Patricia F. Adkins (daughter)
William R. Adkins (son)

More information

Elmer Adkins was employed at the Westvaco Chlorine Products Corp.

He died of wounds received in battle on 14 December 1944,

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.wvculture.org - West Virginia Memory Project

Photo source: Jac Engels