Timeline
1939 - 1945World War II
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Service Number
32602694
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Awards
Purple Heart
Regiment
82nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division
Branch
Army
Theater
European Theater
Division
2nd Armored Division
Gold Star
Battalion
82nd Reconnaissance Battalion
Enlistment- 26 Dec 1942
Casualty- 5 Aug 1944
Killed In Action
France
Killed In Action
France
Death- 5 Aug 1944
Death
5-Aug-44
Burial
St. James, France
Brittany American Cemetery
Memorial Location
Plot A Row 8 Grave 14
Buried at: Plot A Row 8 Grave 14 Brittany American Cemetery St. James, France
Other Facts
Full Name
Ellsworth Van Houten
Full Name
Ellsworth C. Van Houten
State Of Residence
New Jersey