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Personal info

Full name
HELMS, Milton Charlie
Date of birth
27 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Garnersville, Bosque County, Texas
Hometown
Clifton, Bosque County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38681006
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pompey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 4 46

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Helms (father)
Lizzie Helms (mother)
Calvert Helms (brother)
Christine Helms (sister)

More information

Pvt Milton C. Helms attended Garnersville High School for two years and worked on the family farm.

He enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 22 February 1944 and was sent overseas early August 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Service Book - Bosque County, Texas