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Personal info

Full name
DOTY, Claude E
Date of birth
21 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana
Hometown
Johnson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35901621
Rank
Private
Function
Anti-Tank Gun Crewman
Unit
Cannon Company,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ungershausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 19 13

Immediate family

Members
Grover Doty (father)
Ruth Doty (mother)
Sheldon Doty (brother)
Chileen Doty (brother)
Lowell A. Doty (brother)
Delmar D. Doty (brother)
Lawrence W. Doty (brother)
Harlan Doty (brother)
Elizabeth Doty (sister)
Marline Doty (sister)
Martha Doty (sister)
Mary L. (York) Doty (wife)
Donald E. Doty (son)

More information

Pvt Claude E. Doty graduated from Center Grove High School.

He enlisted on 20 January 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

His son, Donald Eugene, became one year of age on 27 December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten www.newspapers.com - The Franklin Evening Star

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, NHD Silent Heroes