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Personal info

Full name
WATTS, Lewis Alfred Jr
Date of birth
14 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Norfolk County, Virginia
Hometown
Norfolk County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33642241
Rank
Private
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Remiremont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 45

Immediate family

Members
Lewis A. Watts Sr. (father)
Edna E. (Chesson) Watts (mother)
Edna E. Watts (sister)

More information

Pvt Lewis A. Watts Jr. graduated from Maury High School before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 28 June 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his buttock and hip.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The Virginian Pilot - 24 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Ernie, www.newspapers.com – The Virginian Pilot - 3 November 1944