Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Troop C, 36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Entered service: 26-Mar-1943
Enlisted: New Haven, Connecticut
Enlisted by: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Date of birth: 18-Dec-1924
Hometown: Connecticut
Marital status: Single, with dependents. Parents: Leroy H Curry and Hazel D Curry
Campaign: World War II
Date of casualty: 2-Mar-1945
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Killed in action.
Place of interment: Beaverdale Memorial Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Originally buried in a United States Military Cemetery in Europe. Repatriated October 1948 on board the Army Transport Carroll Victory.
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