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Personal info

Full name
POULTNEY, Lewis Devere
Date of birth
7 December 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
Hometown
Bay County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36118773
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Near Stolberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 38

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Poultney (father)
Della M. Poultney (mother)
Charles H. Poultney Jr. (brother)
George F. Poultney (brother)

More information

T/4 Lewis D. Poultney enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 17 June 1941.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block M, Row 6, Grave 102.

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 / Dwight Anderson