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Personal info

Full name
CURTIS, Alton B
Date of birth
20 March 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa
Hometown
Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37692006
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Wuisse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 14 28

Immediate family

Members
Ned Curtis (father)
Augusta V. (Schroeder) Curtis (mother)
Heinze R. Curtis (brother)
Henry S. Curtis (brother)
Kathryn J. (Ripley) Curtis (wife)
Sally K. Curtis (daughter)
Joan M. Curtis (daughter)
Ned R. Curtis (son)

More information

Pvt Alton B. Curtis attended college for one year and was a retail manager before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 13 March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / Jackie's Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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