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COULTER, Wallace Clarence - Date of
birth
13 May 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Shelby County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Shelby County, Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34883683 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 November 1944 - Place of
death
Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 6 | 44 |
Immediate family
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Members
Arthur L. Coulter (father)
Arrah (Herron) Coulter (mother)
Cecil Coulter (brother)
Stella C. Coulter (sister)
Bernice L. Coulter (sister)
Dorothy L. Coulter (sister)
More information
Private Wallace C. Coulter worked in a textile factory.He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 20 August 1943.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, Headstone application form, www.archives.gov, William P. Hooker, 1930 Census, Wallace Clarence Coulter Magnoliatree, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html
Photo source: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, William P. Hooker