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Personal info

Full name
PETTENS, Everett B Jr
Date of birth
10 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Eastport, Suffolk County, New York
Hometown
Eastport, Suffolk County, New York

Military service

Service number
32682203
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 41

Immediate family

Members
Everett B. Pettens Sr. (father)
Loretta F. Pettens (mother)

More information

Pfc Everett B. Pettens graduated from Eastport High School, attained a post graduate degree, and had been employed at the Westhampton Airport before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 11 December 1942. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his chest.

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, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux / Anonymous
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Anonymous