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Personal info

Full name
COTTLE, Harold Paul
Date of birth
21 October 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Penile, Roane County, West Virginia
Hometown
Spencer, Roane County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35779053
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Mutzig, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 39 1

Immediate family

Members
Paul F. Cottle (father)
Maggie D. (Fetty) Cottle (mother)
Edna B. Cottle (sister)
Reuben H. Cottle (brother)
Ralph H. Cottle (brother)
Clarence R. Cottle (brother)
Howard H. Cottle (brother)
Inez V. Cottle (sister)
Delmar H. Cottle (brother)
Martha V. (McKown) Cottle (wife)
John Cottle (son)
David Cottle (son)
Rebecca A. Cottle (daughter)
Martha S. Cottle (daughter)
Paula J. Cottle (daughter)

More information

Pfc Harold P. Cottle graduated from Spencer High School in 1932 and attended Glenville State College. He was a stock clerk at Hardman Supply Company.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 7 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Eddie Cottle Family Tree / 1940/1950 Census/ West Virginia Births Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Glenville Mercury - 29 May 1945