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Personal info

Full name
HELMS, Paul B
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Hometown
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35832666
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fenetrange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 38

Immediate family

Members
Martin J. Helms (father)
Olive M. (Doty) Helms (mother)
Beryl D. Helms (sister)
Austin R. Helms (brother)
Calista H. Helms (sister)
Genevieve Helms (sister)
Harriet Helms (sister)
Jo Ann (Bard) Helms (wife)
Judith Ann Helms (daughter)
Ronald S. Helms (son)

More information

Pvt Paul B. Helms attended Central and Davis Tech High School.

He was married to Jo Ann Bard on 21 September 1940.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 15 April 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944. He had only been in combat for two weeks when he was killed.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Kaleidoscope Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952

Photo source: Fort Wayne News Sentinel 17 March 1945 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott, The Grand Rapids Press - 28 February 1945