Ottis H. Posey
Private First Class, U.S. Army
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PFC Ottis H. Posey
Ottis H. Posey
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service #34874726
Assigned to the
8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Died of Wounds (DOW) - December 6, 1944
Laid to Rest at Plot C, Row 1, Grave 48
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Awards:
Purple Heart
with
Oak Leaf Cluster
American Campaign
Service Medal
European-African-
Middle Eastern
Campaign Medal
World War II
Victory Medal
PFC Ottis Posey entered the US Army from Mississippi
and his loss is Recorded on the
American Battle Monuments Commission website and the
US Army World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing,
State of Mississippi, Monroe County, Page 13.
The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
SERIAL NUMBER
34874726
NAME
POSEY OTTIS H
RESIDENCE: STATE
45 INDIANA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY
095 MARION
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
4545 CP SHELBY MISSISSIPPI
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
10/16/1943
GRADE, ALPHA
Private
BRANCH: CODE
No branch assignment
FIELD USE AS DESIRED
# (NO DATA ENTERED)
TERM OF ENLISTMENT
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY
# (NO DATA ENTERED)
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL
0 Civil Life
NATIVITY
45 MONROE
YEAR OF BIRTH
1925
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP
White, citizen
EDUCATION
3 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
992 Undefined Code
MARITAL STATUS
Single, with dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER
# (NO DATA ENTERED)
BOX NUMBER
0861
FILM REEL NUMBER
3.283
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