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Personal info

Full name
BATES, John Richard
Date of birth
10 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Waynesboro, Wayne County, Tennessee
Hometown
Davidson County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
O-1822519
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 26

Immediate family

Members
Edgar C. Bates (father)
Lillian A. (Adams) Bates (mother)
Edgar C. Bates (brother)
Robert F. Bates (brother)
Earl L. Bates (brother)
Manila L. (Stanley) Bates (wife)
Jerry Bates (son)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Whitt Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Jaap Vermeer, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com