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Personal info

Full name
PURINTON, Albert Howard
Date of birth
3 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Franklin County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31465581
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 11 5

Immediate family

Members
Albert T. Purinton (father)
Veda E. (Springer) Purinton (mother)
Horace G. Purinton (brother)
Lurena M. Purinton (sister)
Virginia Purinton (sister)

More information

Pfc Albert H. Purinton was employed as a truck driver for C.W. Ward.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 27 April 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Pfc Purinton is remembered at East Charlemont Cemetery in Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Massachusetts Birth Index / Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Fred