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Personal info

Full name
YOUNT, Percy Plato Durham
Date of birth
26 November 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34433344
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 54

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Yount (father)
Ella P. (Shepherd) Yount (mother)
Anna M. Yount (sister)
Lacie J. Yount (sister)
William H. Yount (brother)
Ruby L. Yount (sister)
Rutha M. Yount (sister)
Eliza V. Yount (sister)
Ida L. Yount (sister)
Thomas R. Yount (brother)
Martha E. Yount (sister)

More information

Sgt Percy P. Yount was employed at the International Schoe Company.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Ruth
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy