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Personal info

Full name
PETTY, Otis Cleo
Date of birth
19 May 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas
Hometown
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39864086
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Near Lützkampen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 50 21

Immediate family

Members
Edgar H. Petty (father)
Lora E. Petty (mother)
Dorthy P. Petty (sister)
Margaret (Bridges) Petty (wife)

More information

Pvt Otis C. Petty attended college for four years and was associated with his father in Petty's Builders Emporium before he enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 3 December 1943. He was sent overseas on 1 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Oklahoma County Marriage Records, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Arizona Daily Star 28 October 1944
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