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Personal info

Full name
CORBITT, Deal Reuben
Date of birth
24 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Hometown
Houston, Harris County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38478344
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Near Mouterhouse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 48

Immediate family

Members
P. C. Corbitt (father)
Effie V. (Thomas) Corbitt (mother)
Curtis Corbitt (brother)
Ebert Corbitt (brother)
Sullie Corbitt (brother)
Oscar Corbitt (brother)
Bessie Corbitt (sister)
Pearl Corbitt (sister)
George Corbitt (brother)
May Corbitt (sister)
Gertrude Corbitt (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Patsy Sessions