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Personal info

Full name
YANCEY, Earl Watkins "Bubba"
Date of birth
31 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi
Hometown
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
O-446489
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Near Kientzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 13 10

Immediate family

Members
Fred S. Yancey Sr. (father)
Grace (Applewhite) Yancey (mother)
Fred S. Yancey Jr. (brother)
Miriam E. Yancey (sister)
Kenneth W. Yancey (brother)
Mignonne Yancey (sister)
Mary V. (Beard) Yancey (wife)

More information

1st Lt Earl W. Yancey was a driver before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 28 November 1944. He was sent went overseas in July 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Yancey Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – DJ Jancey / Bonnie Sisson Manning – Monroe News Star - 22 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dan Phelan / DJ Jancey – Monroe Morning World - 27 December 1942, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks / Alicia Yancey