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Personal info

Full name
STATEN, Ozie Golden
Date of birth
31 March 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Pike County, Kentucky
Hometown
Logan County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35775965
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zweifall, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 11 21

Immediate family

Members
George W. Staten (father)
Minnie D. (Brooks) Staten (mother)
Vada L. Staten (sister)
Lester J. Staten (brother)
Hester V. Staten (sister)
George W. Staten (brother)
Ruth A. (Hall) Staten (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Ozie G. Staten was a constable and justice of the peace. He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia, on 16 October 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, West Virginia Memory Project

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, West Virginia Memory Project