Name:
Ernest Spader
Rank:
Hospital Apprentice 1st Class
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Unit:
3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
Kansas
Cemetery:
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot:
Section 78
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Ernest Spader was born on May 31, 1925, in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. He was the son of Ernest B. "Buss" Spader and Abbie Pearl Price Whitebread.
He served in Company B, 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Division as a Hospital Apprentice First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.