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Personal info

Full name
HORTON, Maxwell W
Date of birth
11 March 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Fulton, Oswego County, New York
Hometown
Fulton, Oswego County, New York

Military service

Service number
12003250
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of the Issel Canal, northeast of Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 19 7

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. Horton (father)
Mame H. (Seymour) Horton (mother)
Mame Horton (sister)
Howard J. Horton (brother)
Pearl Horton (sister)
Harold S. Horton (brother)
Carl Horton (brother)
Frank P. Horton (brother)
Mildred Horton (wife)

More information

Pfc Maxwell W. Horton attended Fulton High School and was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 21 August 1940.

His brother, Lt Harold S. Horton, served in the same division. His brother, Cpl Carl Horton, served in New Guinea and CMM Frank Horton in the Pacific.

Source of information: www.ancestry.com - U.S. Census Records 1930/1940 / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / Obituary, Fulton, New York - 9 April 1945.

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Lynne Hasselman, Desmond Eisermann