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Personal info

Full name
COURTNEY, John Wallace
Date of birth
26 March 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Doanville, Athens County, Ohio
Hometown
Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35763315
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 4 63

Immediate family

Members
Edward H. Courtney (father)
Anna L. (Propps) Courtney (mother)
Edward H. Courtney (brother)
Frank E. Courtney (brother)
Carl C. Courtney (brother)
Iva F. Courtney (sister)
William J. Courtney (brother)
Charles F. Courtney (brother)
Emma V. Courtney (sister)
Dora V. (Patton) Courtney (wife)
William W. Corurtney (son)
Shirley Courtney (daughter)

More information

Pvt John W. Courtney was a taxi driver in Nelsonville before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 12 November 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock, hip, and loin.

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

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 / Hannah Propps Jerrell Gunnoe Family Tree / 1910 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Willy Warren
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Young American Patriots