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Personal info

Full name
STOOTS, Buster
Date of birth
27 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pinson Fork, Pike County, Kentucky
Hometown
Pinson Fork, Pike County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35204314
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
East of Kuhlendorf, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 11 11

Immediate family

Members
Robert H. Stoots (father)
Ortho Stoots (mother)
Barbara A. Stoots (sister)
Mary H. Stoots (sister)

More information

Pfc Buster Stoots enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 12 April 1941.

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 / 1940 Census, http://14thad.org
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