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Personal info

Full name
DOUCETTE, Oliver Raymond
Date of birth
5 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Southbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31212911
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Ardennes area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joseph W. Doucette (father)
Lea Doucette (mother)
Armand Doucette (brother)
Ernest G. Doucette (brother)
Robert Doucette (brother)
Leona C. (Rischitelli) Doucette (wife)

More information

T/5 Oliver R. Doucette attended high school for three years and was employed at the American Optical Company.

He enlisted from Springfield, Massachusetts on 2 November 1942.

Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Astrid van Erp