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Pfc Fred O. Curtis
May 14, 1925 – July 16, 1945
Tellico Plains
Cemetery
411th Inf.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Curtis of
Tellico Plains have received word from the War Department that their son, Pfc.
Fred O. Curtis, died on July 16 in Memmenhausen, Germany,
of an accidental gunshot wound. Fred
was a member of the 411th Infantry. He entered the service on Oct. 7, 1943, and
had not been home since Dec., 1944.
His mother received a letter from him dated July 12 in which he
mentioned each member of the family by name and told of moving to a new place
where he could attend church each Sunday.
He is survived by his parents, four sisters and five brothers. One of the brothers Cpl. Clarence Curtis is
in the Pacific area.
The body of Pfc. Fred O. Curtis,
age 20, of Tellico Plains, who died in Germany on July 16, 1945, while
serving with Co. E., 411th Inf. of the Eleventh Army, arrived in
Madisonville at 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6.
Funeral Services were held on Dec.
8 at 2:30 p.m. at Tellico
Plains Baptist
Church, Revs. George
Watson and Hoyt Shadden officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery. Cherokee Post,
American Legion, furnished military honors.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Curtis, of Tellico Plains; five brothers, Kenneth and Clarence of
Tellico Plains, Raymond, Homer and Clyde of Maryville; four sisters, Misses
Bessie, Eva Nell, Mary Joyce and Louise Curtis of Tellico Plains.
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Name:
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Fred O Curtis
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Birth Year:
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1925
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Race:
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White, Citizen (White)
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Nativity State or Country:
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Tennessee
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State of Residence:
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Tennessee
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County or
City:
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Monroe
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Enlistment
Date:
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14 Sep 1943
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Enlistment State:
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Georgia
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Enlistment City:
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Fort
Oglethorpe
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Branch:
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No branch assignment
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Branch Code:
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No branch assignment
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Grade:
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Private
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Grade Code:
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Private
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Term of
Enlistment:
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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
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Component:
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Selectees (Enlisted Men)
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Source:
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Civil Life
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Education:
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Grammar school
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Marital
Status:
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Single, without dependents
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Height:
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00
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Weight:
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000
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Researcher and Designer
Joy Locke & Joe Irons
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