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Personal info

Full name
CALLISTER, Duane Harold
Date of birth
28 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Fillmore, Millard County, Utah
Hometown
Fillmore, Millard County, Utah

Military service

Service number
O-529653
Rank
Captain
Function
Surgeon
Unit
68th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 73

Immediate family

Members
Thomas C. Callister (father)
Millie A. (Peterson) Callister (mother)
Leland C. Callister (brother)
Rulon A. Callister (brother)
Grand T. Callister (brother)
Edith (Stevens) Callister (wife)
Linda Callister (daughter)
Russell D. Callister (son)

More information

Capt Duane H. Callister graduated from Millard High School and the University of Utah. He received his doctor’s degree at Rush College, Chicago. He interned at the L. D. S. Hospital and volunteered for Army of the United States in the Medical Corps in August 1943.

Capt Callister was seriously wounded in action in the back while attempting to go forward to the aid of a wounded German. He was hit by enemy mortar fire.

He is remembered at the Holden Cemetery in Holden, Millard County, Utah.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Duane 2009 Tree / 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com – Deseret News 27 January 1945, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Diane & John, www.newspapers.com – Deseret News 27 January 1945