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Personal info

Full name
SCOTT, Otho L Jr
Date of birth
14 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chatham County, North Carolina
Hometown
Orange County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34897987
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 31 13

Immediate family

Members
Otho L. Scott Sr. (father)
Nettie M. (Jenkins) Scott (mother)
James F. Scott (brother)

More information

Pvt Otho L. Scott Jr. attended high school for four years.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on December 29th 1943.

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, Terry Hirsch, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten