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Personal info

Full name
ABBOTT, Alexander Winn
Date of birth
6 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
New London County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31010230
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
The woods, called Grand Bois in Burtonville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 17 34

Immediate family

Members
Alexander H. Abbott (father)
Alice M. (Barrett) Abbott (mother)
Millicent B. Abbott (sister)
Katherine D. (Alexander) Abbott (wife)
Katherine Abbott (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Alexander W. Abbott attended Norwich Free Academy.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 8 February 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, National WWII Memorial, National Archives - WWII Enlistment Record, 75th Infantry Division KIA Roster, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Siem Voogt, Debby Willems