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Personal info

Full name
PUCKETT, David Mathew Sr
Date of birth
19 June 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Lester, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Hometown
Roanoke, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33747876
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
6 October 1945
Place of death
Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 37 18

Immediate family

Members
Fitzhugh L. Puckett (father)
Cordelia L. (Powers) Puckett (mother)
Roy F. Puckett (brother)
Elsie Puckett (sister)
Morris F. Puckett (brother)
Arlane Puckett (sister)
Hazel L. Puckett (sister)
Leonard M. Puckett (brother)
Pauline M. Puckett (sister)
John G. Puckett (brother)
Audrey C. (Henry) Puckett (wife)
David M. Puckett (son)
Margaret L. Puckett (daughter)

More information

Pfc David M. Puckett Sr. was employed at the Southern Venetian Blind Company before he enlisted at Fort Myers, Virginia on 14 September 1943.

He died from the effects of food poisoning from alcohol extracts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, 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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Washington D.C. Marriage Records, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: -, The Roanoke Times - 31 October 1945