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Personal info

Full name
ALSTON, Olle Lonnie
Date of birth
19 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas
Hometown
Texas

Military service

Service number
O1313184
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Near Fresnes-en-Saulnois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 46

Immediate family

Members
James L. Alston (father)
Laura A. (Burney) Alston (mother)
Lillie M. Alston (sister)
James F. Alston (brother)
Myrtle D. Alston (sister)
Madison L. Alston (sister)
Bertha I. (Geldmeier) Alston (wife)
Olle Lonnie Alston (son)

More information

2nd Lt Olle L. Alston enlisted on 19 August 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Erath Perry Shears Wells Berry Tapp Jackson Family Tree, AAR 51st Infantry Battalion August 1944 thru May 1945

Photo source:
www.ancestry.com - Eric Mullens, www.genealogy.com - Charles A. Alston (grandson)