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Personal info

Full name
TEMPLE, Albert Carl
Date of birth
7 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34913752
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreinsberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 5 28

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Temple (father)
Lilian B. (Martin) Temple (mother)
Georgeanna J. Temple (sister)
Eugene R. Temple (brother)
Mary R. (Alexander) Temple (wife)
Rodney Temple (son)
Joseph A. Temple (son)
Lillian Temple (daughter)
Vicki C. Temple (daughter)

More information

Pfc Albert C. Temple was employed as a butcher by C. Muller Grocery before he enlisted in Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 20 June 1944. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his leg.

His brother Eugene R. Temple is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Turner Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - The Commercial Appeal 3 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy