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Personal info

Full name
LEMOINE, Charles Joseph Jr
Date of birth
8 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38655877
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Sector Baugnez-Thirimont-Geromont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 21

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Lemoine Sr. (father)
Viola (Moreau) Lemoine (mother)
Larry Lemoine (brother)
Harry J. Lemoine (brother)
Amy Lemoine (sister)
Wilbert Lemoine (brother)
Olive Lemoine (sister)
Gerard Lemoine (brother)
Lee Lemoine (brother)
Jennings Lemoine (brother)

More information

Charles Lemoine volunteered for the U.S. Navy when he was seventeen years of age and after retaining in that branch of the service for three and a half years he was given a medical discharge. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 17 May 1944 and was overseas for only six weeks when he was killed.

His brother Harry was wounded in action in France on 24 August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Jerry Bordelon Family Tree / WWII Draft Card, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.newspapers.com - The Town Talk

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Weekly News 10 February 1945