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Personal info

Full name
YEATTS, Damon Hundley
Date of birth
25 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Hometown
Rice, Prince Edward County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33536878
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Erckartswiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 57

Immediate family

Members
Joseph D. Yeatts (father)
Nannie M. (Hamlett) Yeatts (mother)
Dudley M. Yeatts (brother)
Whitland R. Yeatts (brother)
Elva G. Yeatts (sister)
Terresa Yeatts (sister)
Edna A. Yeatts (sister)
Geneva L. Yeatts (sister)
Ethel M. Yeatts (sister)
Joseph T. Yeatts (brother)

More information

Pfc Damon H. Yeatts was a driver at Epes Transport System before he enlisted in Charlottesville, Virginia on 19 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

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 / Yeatts Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Union48

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JoMarRo