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Personal info

Full name
CALLOWAY, Alton Lee
Date of birth
9 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Gans, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Gans, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38020662
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bemont-Cleurie, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 11 32

Immediate family

Members
Edd L. Calloway (father)
Sophia G. (Wright) Calloway (mother)
Elwayne Calloway (brother)
Vernon Calloway (brother)
Charles Calloway (brother)
Odis Calloway (brother)
Verise Calloway (sister)
Elsie Calloway (sister)

More information

Pfc Alton L. Calloway worked in his own business.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy