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PVT Eurby Wray Bearden
28 Dec 1919 – 2 Mar 1945
| Birth | 28 Dec 1919 |
| Death | 2 Mar 1945 |
| Cemetery | Hillcrest Burial Park Cemetery Waxahachie , Ellis County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Linda on 29 Mar 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25385124 |
Bio
Eurby Wray Bearden was a private in the U.S. Army, Service No. (ASN): 38688636. He entered the army on June 14, 1944, and trained at Ft. Riley, Kansas, northeast of Abilene where the Chisholm Trail ended. He served in the 2nd Armored Division, 66th Armored Regiment in Belgium and Germany as a gunner on a heavy tank. Eurby died on March 2, 1945 in Germany. He was the son of Pliney L. and Millie Weeks Bearden of Waxahachie, and born and reared in Waxahachie. He was the husband of Janie Maxine Ralston Bearden of Sardis. Eurby and Maxine had two children: Janie Rosine Bearden Barnett and Burley Ralston Bearden. Maxine and the children were living with her parents in Sardis when she got word that Eurby was killed in action in Germany. Private Eurby Wray Bearden was reburied at Hillcrest Cemetery in Section One at Waxahachie. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal. He is listed on the Waxahachie Daily Light Honor Roll and the Ellis County Veterans Memorial.
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Texas PVT 66 Armd Regt 2 Armd Div WW II
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