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Personal info

Full name
TITUS, David
Date of birth
23 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31328193
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Dora-Mittelbau-Nordhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 12 15

Immediate family

Members
Luther J. Titus (father)
Amelia (McCall) Titus (mother)
Alice Titus (sister)
Paul Titus (brother)
Miriam Titus (sister)
Luther Titus Jr. (brother)
Edna Titus (sister)

More information

T/5 David Titus enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 12 March 1943.

He was wounded in action on 25 December 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Jewish Servicemen Cards, Family Tree / WWII Draft Card, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, www.fold3.com 

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Diana Flanagan