Guy Millard Choate was born on 7 April 1922, Fentress County, Tennessee, the son of Millard Harrison Choate and Ada Olive Beaty.
Died of Wounds 18 December 1944, Leyte Island
Burial: Gunter Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Private First Class
306th Infantry, Company F
The Knoxville Journal, January 29, 1945
Mr. and Mrs. Miljard Choate of Jamestown, have received word from the War Department that their son, Pfc. Guy Choate, died Dec. 18 on Leyte, from wounds received in action. Private Choate entered the army in December, 1942 and received his training at Fort Jackson, S.C. and Fort Bragg, N.C. He had been overseas nine months.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 7 April 1922
- Date of death: 18 December 1944
- County: Fentress
- Hometown: Jamestown
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 306th Infantry
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Gunter Cemetery, Fentress County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar IX, Top Panel
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