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Personal info

Full name
FITTS, Earl Anthony
Date of birth
30 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Joliet, Will County, Illinois
Hometown
DuPage County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36030701
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 40

Immediate family

Members
Anthony F. Fitts (father)
Eva F. Fitts (mother)
Leonard H. Fitts (brother)
Bernice N. Fitts (sister)
Grace A. Fitts (sister)
Pearl Fitts (sister)
Floyd Fitts (brother)
Isabell Fitts (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Earl A. Fitts was a fireman

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 30 April 1941. He served 16 months in the Southwest Pacific before transferring to England in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery