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Personal info

Full name
OUTEN, John Curtis
Date of birth
8 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina
Hometown
Lancaster County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34848101
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 34 24

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Outen Sr. (father)
Faye M. (Carnes) Outen (mother)
Mary E. Outen (sister)
J. C. Outen (brother)
Ira Outen (brother)
Margaret Outen (sister)
Barbara M. Outen (sister)
Thomas J. Outen Jr. (brother)

More information

Pvt John C. Outen was employed at Springs Cotton Mills as a loom fixer.

He enlisted in Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 23 November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Hannah Majewski - Kitty Outen, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Leone & Evans Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Hannah Majewski - Kitty Outen