WW2 Fallen - Everett Thacker, 84th Infantry Division, and his kid brother

Pvt. Everett Thacker was wounded like these men of the 84th Infantry Division.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136620770/everett-carl-thacker
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/573012752563921198/ 

Everett Thacker never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

He was born on February 2, 1918 in Kentucky. His parents Curtis and Edith were both born in Tennessee. His father worked as a coal miner. Everett had three younger brothers and a younger sister. By 1940 Everett had married Lulu Goodwin and was working as a road construction laborer. They had one daughter.

He was drafted into the army on April 15, 1944. His brother Leon enlisted in the Army Air Forces in  January 1941 and brother John had been drafted into the army in May 1943. Everett became a private in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division (Nicknamed Railsplitters). It arrived in France in November 1944 and joined combat in Germany on November 18, 1944. It participated in the Battle of the Bulge. With the bulge reduced by January 16, the 84th ID went on the offensive at Gouvy and Beho, Belgium. Pvt. Thacker was likely wounded during this attack and died of his wounds on January 27, 1945.

Brother John served in the 274th Armored Artillery Battalion attached to the 11th Armored Division. It was equipped with 105mm howitzers mounted on M-7 tank chassises. It was part of Patton's effort to attack the Germans surrounding the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. By March John was fighting in Germany where he was wounded and died on March 17, 1945.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136620923/john-ray-thacker
https://donmooreswartales.com/2010/09/20/ralph-coffin/

Everett and John have their graves at Hurst Cemetery in Middlesboro, Kentucky. I don't know what happened to Everett's widow. His daughter passed away in 2005.

Thank you Everett and John for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for the Thacker brothers. His brother Leon, who also served in World War 2, died at the young age of 31 in 1951. I don't know if it was related to his military service.

Last year on this date I profiled Anthony Jurewicz, 45th Infantry Division. You can read about Anthony here.

On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!

I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.

Follow on Twitter @ww2fallen100
Join the public Facebook group WW2 Fallen 100