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Personal info

Full name
COLTON, George Dudley
Date of birth
24 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Port Chester, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12211806
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
43rd Tank Battalion,
12th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Herrlisheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Hartman D. Colton (father)
Martha (Meryler) Colton (mother)
Mildred Colton (sister)

More information

Pfc George D. Colton attended high school for four years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Camden, New Jersey on 15 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.12tharmoredmuseum.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / New York State Birth Index
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy