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Personal info

Full name
WATERS, Amos Leslie
Date of birth
4 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Franklin, Morgan County, Illinois
Hometown
Franklin, Morgan County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36441763
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 7 48

Immediate family

Members
Leslie Waters (father)
Bessie D. (Johnson) Waters (mother)
Florence Waters (sister)
Marie Waters (sister)
James Waters (brother)
Rosie Waters (sister)
Ann M. Waters (sister)
Russell H. Waters (brother)
George (half brother)

More information

Pfc Amos L. Waters enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 6 January 1943.

He attended high school for 1 year and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block PP, Row 10, Grave 195.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Various Family Trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos