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Personal info

Full name
DUPLESSIS, Henry E
Date of birth
18 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
St. Leonard, New Brunswick Canada
Hometown
Van Buren, Aroostook County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31351158
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Isaie Duplessis (father)
Marie (Gervais) Duplessis (mother)
Joseph Duplessis (brother)
Marie E. Duplessis (sister)
Ludger J. Duplessis (brother)
Yvonne Duplessis (sister)
Louis Duplessis (brother)
Anonyme Duplessis (sister)
Marie M. Duplessis (sister)
Albert Duplessis (brother)
Marie L. Duplessis (sister)
Flora Duplessis (sister)
Clara Duplessis (sister)
Anna R. Duplessis (sister)
Antonio Duplessis (brother)
Alma Duplessis (sister)

More information

Pfc Henry E. Duplessis attended Van Buren High School for one year and worked for the Bath Box Company in Maine.

He enlisted in Brewer, Maine on 1 June 1943 and received training at Fort Devens in Massachusetts, Fort Dix in New Jersey, Camp Pickett in Virginia and Fort George G. Meade in Maryland.

According to his IDPF he might have been killed while crossing the Rhine River in Germany, on 17 March 1945 when the Ludendorff bridge collapsed. His remains were never recovered. He was last seen in the vicinity of Remagen, opposite the Rhine River.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Annabel Winterberg, Danielle Winch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Enlistment Record, 1940 Census, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Bangor Daily News, 31 March 1945