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Personal info

Full name
COPELAND, Walter
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Cumberland County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34044023
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 14 45

Immediate family

Members
Hue J. Copeland (father)
Florence Copeland (mother)
Mary Copeland (sister)
Amos Copeland (brother)
Frank Copeland (brother)
Winnie Copeland (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter Copeland enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 16 May 1941.

He got killed in the Battle of the Bulge.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Mamie Creason Garrett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1920 Census, https://www.etvma.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mamie Creason Garrett (niece)