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Personal info

Full name
COLE, Delmer Eugene
Date of birth
20 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-958758
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Foret de Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 29 35

Immediate family

Members
Margaret (Heverly) Cole (mother)

More information

2nd Lt Delmer E. Cole attended high school for four years and was a clerk at a drug store before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 14 August 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Harold Beda, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Andy
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Harold Beda, High School Yearbook 1940