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Personal info

Full name
BELILES, Otis E H
Date of birth
18 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Quality, Butler County, Kentucky
Hometown
Butler County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35720385
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 October 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Samuel S. Beliles (father)
Bessie R. Beliles (mother)
Ollie M. (Morgan) Beliles (wife)
Otis H. Beliles (son)
Lois G. Beliles (daughter)

More information

Pvt Otis E.H. Beliles enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 21 December 1942. He was sent overseas on 2 June 1944 and arrived in the UK on 29 June 1944 after which he was sent to France on 22 July 1944 where he arrived a day later.

He was hopitalised as a result of a gunshot wound on 4 August 1944 due to enemy action in the vicinity of Catigny, France. After recovring he rejoined his unit.

He was officially declared death one year and one day after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danielle Roubroeks, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Danielle Roubroeks / James Green (grandson)