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Earnest L. Garrison

Private, US Army

Service #34916679

Assigned to an
Unknown Unit of the U.S. Army

Died on February 15, 1944
At an Unknown Location
Officially Listed as Died Non Battle

Final Burial Location:
Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
Ashridge, Winston County, Alabama, USA

As listed in FindAGrave.com Memorial 131849377

Awards:

American Campaign
Service Medal

World War II
Victory Medal

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

PVT Earnest Garrison was the son of Fernandia Garrison and Fannie Cathrin Gray Riddle,
born on September 28, 1925 and entered the US Army from Fort McClellan, Winston County,
Alabama, Enlisting on December 28, 1943.

His loss is recorded in the
Alabama World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 27, Winston County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - See Note 1

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

34916679

NAME

GARRISON EARNEST L

RESIDENCE: STATE

41 - ALABAMA

RESIDENCE: COUNTY

133 - WINSTON

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

4130 - FT MCCLELLAN ALABAMA

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

12/28/1943 - December 28, 1943

GRADE, ALPHA

8 - Private

BRANCH: CODE

02 - No branch assignment

TERM OF ENLISTMENT

5 - Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

LONGEVITY

Undefined Code

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL

# - Undefined Code

NATIVITY

41 - ALABAMA

YEAR OF BIRTH

1925 (9/28/1925)

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP

1 - White, citizen

EDUCATION

0 - Grammar school

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION

316 - Farm hands, general farms

MARITAL STATUS

1 - Single, with dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY

7 - Selectees (Enlisted Men)

CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #

#, 0868, 3.290

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