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Personal info

Full name
WATSON, Alden Cieles
Date of birth
21 October 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Belpre, Washington County, Ohio
Hometown
Washington County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
6663733
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Near Sarre-Union, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 17 15

Immediate family

Members
Delmar P. Watson (father)
Bessie (Cilies) Watson (mother)
Bertram C. Watson (brother)
Mary M. (Daniels) Watson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Alden C. Watson enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 2 April 1942.

He was married to Mary Margaret Daniels on 26 June 1943,.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, - 1920/1930 Census / Watson-Davies Families / Headstone and Interment Records / Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993

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