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Personal info

Full name
COMPTON, Paul D
Date of birth
27 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Umatilla, Umatilla County, Oregon
Hometown
Washoe County, Nevada

Military service

Service number
39119883
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Krauthausen, South of Jûlich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 19 25

Immediate family

Members
Henry V. Compton (father)
Theadate M. (Barnett) Compton (mother)
Wayne R. Compton (brother)
Max V. Compton (brother)
Donald M. Compton (brother)
Phillip T. Compton (brother)
Gwen Compton (sister)
Anne M. Compton (sister)
Elsie (Powelson) Compton (wife)

More information

Sgt Paul D. Compton enlisted in San Francisco California on 11 January 1943.

He graduated from Watsonville High School in 1933 and was employed by the Granite Construction Company before his enlistment. He received training at Camp Bowie, Texas and Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Sgt Compton was sent to England in April 1944 and fought in France and Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Lynne Hasselman, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Thomas-Barnett Family Tree, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.oldhickory30th.com, http://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/4551

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lynne Hasselman,