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Personal info

Full name
CHILDERS, Julius Lawrence
Date of birth
10 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Pottawatomie, Shawnee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
McLoud, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38154791
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Near Leipzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 4

Immediate family

Members
Arthur L. Childers (father)
Lucy B. (Koonce) Childers (mother)
Orville K. Childers (brother)

More information

Pfc Julius L. Childers attended Bethel High School in Shawnee and worked as a farm hand

He enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 9 July 1942.

He died of wounds, sustained one day earlier.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Pottawatomie County Historical Society, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Oldham Family Tree (Ronnie Oldham), www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach, K. Smith (cousin)