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Personal info

Full name
HOUSTON, David Edward Jr
Date of birth
4 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Craig, Moffat County, Colorado
Hometown
Shawnee, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37519714
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Machine Gunner
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 23

Immediate family

Members
David E. Houston (father)
Clara H. (Marshall) Houston (mother)
Marjorie G. Houston (sister)
Dorothy R. Houston (sister)
Helen E. Houston (sister)
Mary Z. Houston (sister)

More information

Pfc David E. Houston Jr. attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 30 March 1943.

He was killed by a gunshot in his lumbosacral.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - helenpatricia
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / helenpatricia