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Personal info

Full name
CUSTER, Arlie Clyde
Date of birth
31 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Union, Sullivan County, Missouri
Hometown
Greencastle, Sullivan County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
16053555
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 16 2

Immediate family

Members
Gail W. Custer (father)
Nettie (Burchett) Custer (mother)
Arthur Custer (brother)
Max L. Custer (brother)
Kenneth Custer (brother)
Nicholas R. Custer (brother)
Sylva J. Custer (sister)

More information

T/5 Arlie C. Custer worked at the Manhattan Flour Feed Company.

He enlisted on 29 January 1942.

His brother Ray N. Custer, is buried next to him.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.honorstates.org