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Personal info

Full name
CAPPS, William Elton
Date of birth
3 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Hometown
Slater, Greenville County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34653737
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Louvigny-Vigny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 15 19

Immediate family

Members
Belton H. Capps (father)
Laura L. (Melton) Capps (mother)
Belton H. Capps (brother)
Frances L. Capps (sister)
Grover H. Capps (brother)
Charles C. Capps (brother)
Sylvia L. Capps (sister)

More information

Cpl William E. Capps worked as a parking attendant.

He enlisted at Fort Jackson South Carolina on 20 April 1942. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Elgin Taylor Family Tree
Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com