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Personal info

Full name
WATKINS, Pascal Joseph
Date of birth
9 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Goose Creek, Union County, North Carolina
Hometown
Indian Trail, Union County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34968909
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Devantave, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 64

Immediate family

Members
George R. Watkins (father)
Letha G. (Crowell) Watkins (mother)
George C. Watkins (brother)
Harmon H. Watkins (brother)
Carey Watkins ( brother)
Laura Watkins (sister)

More information

Pascal J. Watkins graduated from Fairview High School and Wingate Junior College.

He enlisted in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 7 April 1944.
He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, https://lib.digitalnc.org/