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Personal info

Full name
POULTON, Arthur Lloyd
Date of birth
8 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31039266
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Southeast of Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 46

Immediate family

Members
James M. Poulton (father)
Alma M. (Therrien) Poulton (mother)
Lionel M. Poulton (brother)
Paul J. Poulton (brother)
Robert H. Poulton (brother)
Pauline T. (Fortin) Poulton (wife)

More information

Pfc Arthur L. Poulton attended Pittsfield High School and was employed at the Wyandotte Mill before he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 17 March 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Berkshire Eagle - 8 December 1944

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Berkshire Eagle - 15 December 1944