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Personal info

Full name
PITTMAN, Joe E
Date of birth
28 December 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Cache, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Fresno County, California

Military service

Service number
39421099
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mausbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 10 60

Immediate family

Members
John T. Pittman (father)
Bessie C. Pittman (mother)
Thomas I. Pittman (brother)
Fred D. Pittman (brother)
Doris N. Pittman (sister)
Melba Pittman (wife)
Keith Pittman (son)

More information

Pvt Joe E. Pittman was a carpenter before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 28 December 1943.

Pvt Joe E. Pittman was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Fresno Bee 9 January 1945