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Personal info

Full name
TEASLEY, Alton Merle
Date of birth
12 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Durham County, North Carolina
Hometown
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34867086
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
North of Gros-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 55

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin F. Teasley (father)
Nora L. (Clements) Teasley (mother)
Claude S. Teasley (brother)
Floyd J. Teasley (brother)
Otho Teasley (brother)
Colmore Teasley (brother)
Margaret F. Teasley (sister)
Marvin F. Teasley (brother)
Benjamin W. Teasley (brother)
Dora M. (Hutchins) Teasley (wife)
Judith A. Teasley (daughter)

More information

Pfc Alton M. Teasley was a checker at the Railway Express Agency before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 14 June 1944 and received training at Camp Croft, South Carolina. He was sent overseas in mid November 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / John’s Family Tree / North Carolina Marriage Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Barbara Ilie - Durham County Library