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Personal info

Full name
STAPLES, Calvin Coolidge
Date of birth
4 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Amherst County, Virginia
Hometown
Temperance, Amherst County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33540668
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Grevels-Brésil, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 10 3

Immediate family

Members
James W. Staples (father)
Lilly A. (Bryant) Staples (mother)
Herbert W. Staples (brother)
Carroll S. Staples (brother)
Elsie G. Staples (sister)
Elton C. Staples (brother)
Mary I. Staples (sister)
Eugene E. Staples (brother)

More information

Sgt Calvin C. Staples enlisted in Charlottesville, Virginia on 19 February 1943 and went overseas in August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Graham Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Scott and Renee, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Michael Watts Family Tree