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Personal info

Full name
QUAIT, Lindsey Dave
Date of birth
9 april 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois
Hometown
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California

Military service

Service number
39051417
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Near Kaiserslautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 26 13

Immediate family

Members
David L. Quait (father)
Helen H. (Caldwell) Quait (mother)
Rita F. Quait (sister)
Harold H. Quait (brother)
James C. Quait (brother)
Nadine M. (Watkins) Quait (wife)
Lindsay D. Quait (son)

More information

Pfc Lindsey D. Quait was a driver before he enlisted in Presidio of Monterey, California on 27 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

He is remembered on a monument at Washington Park in Sunnyvale, California.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Kelley Quait Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S, www.ancestry.com - Perfectwx