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Personal info

Full name
COSTIN, William Steward
Date of birth
25 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Pender, North Carolina
Hometown
Washington County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34857975
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
South of Jungersdorf, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 2 10

Immediate family

Members
Mary T. Costin (wife)

More information

Pvt William S. Costin enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 24 May 1944. He was a machinery operator in construction before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S.WWII Drafts Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet