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Personal info

Full name
BRITT, Oscar Woodrow
Date of birth
5 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bertie County, North Carolina
Hometown
Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34178900
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Singling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 49 21

Immediate family

Members
Robert R. Britt (father)
Susan C. (Philips) Britt (mother)
Lewis C. Britt (brother)
Sue I. Britt (sister)
Bobbie B. Britt (sister)

More information

Oscar W. Britt enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 6 February 1942.

T/4 Britt was initially buried at the Temporary Amercian 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 - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Twisted Twigs & Branches Tree, www.findagrave.com - Deborah S, http://www.oocities.org/afa94th/Saar/saar.htm

Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com