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Personal info

Full name
COTE, Paul Maurice
Date of birth
17 December 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont
Hometown
Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O1286087
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 84

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin Cote (father)
Agnes Cote (mother)
Irene Cote (sister)
Doris E. (Hilton) Cote (wife)
Paulette Cote (daughter)

More information

Capt Paul M. Cote graduated from Pontiac High School and was employed at the Michigan State Dept of Conservation.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Pontiac High School 1931, The Pontiac Daily Press - 20 January 1945