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Personal info

Full name
CULPEPPER, Hilton Francis
Date of birth
15 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Laurens County, Georgia
Hometown
Cadwell, Laurens County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
44036320
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dauendorf, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 33 22

Immediate family

Members
James G. Culpepper (father)
Mamie L. (Alligood) Culpepper (mother)
Avotra C. Culpepper (brother)
Curtis L. Culpepper (brother)
Eutha Culpepper (sister)
James E. Culpepper (brother)
Minnie C. (Coleman) Culpepper (wife)
Hilton F. Culpepper Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Hilton F. Culpepper was married to Minnie Catherine Coleman on 7 July 1944.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 30 August 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / https://36th-id.frb.io
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