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Personal info

Full name
KNIGHT, Theodore Marcus
Date of birth
29 October 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Dewey, Washington County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
6383800
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 9 28

Immediate family

Members
Joseph S. Knight (father)
Shirley R. (Overlees) Knight (mother)
Joseph R. Knight (brother)
Lynette Knight (sister)
Genevieve M. (Bewley) Knight (wife)
Jean Knight (daughter)
Jane Knight (daughter)

More information

Theodore M. Knight was assistant manager of a local shoe store.

He enlisted at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana on 22 March 1944.

He was a member of the Cherokee tribe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - Greenhills Stones Calling, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, Kathy McDermott, The Shreveport Journal 12 February 1945 / The Shreveport Journal-  13 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Kathy McDermott, The Shreveport Journal - 12 February 1945 / The Shreveport Journal - 13 February 1945