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Personal info

Full name
BATES, Howard W
Date of birth
20 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35053281
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 31

Immediate family

Members
Everett Bates (father)
Olive B. Bates (mother)
Everett Bates Jr. (brother)
Robert Bates (brother)
Ralph E. Bates (brother)
Charles W. Bates (brother)
Kenneth O. Bates (brother)
Myron Bates (brother)
Della Bates (sister)
Charlotte R. Bates (sister)

More information

Pvt Howard W. Bates graduated from Clinton High School and attended Ball State University.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 19 March 1943. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied engineering at the University of Kentucky.

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, Terry Hirsch, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, newspaper

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Patti Johnson, www.ancestry.com - Clinton High School yearbook 1942 - via Monty McDaniel