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Personal info

Full name
COOTER, Walter Everett
Date of birth
29 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Greenville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Carroll County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33215381
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 2 16

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Cooter (father)
Lillie M. (Spurlin) Cooter (mother)
Anna B. Cooter (sister)
Randall T. Cooter (brother)
Geneva Cooter (sister)
Clindton D. Cooter (brother)
Wiliam L. Cooter (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter E. Cooter enlisted on 21 October 1942 in Roanoke, Virginia.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Tamra Doke