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Personal info

Full name
LA POINTE, Marcel Joseph "Ladot"
Date of birth
17 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
O-1822288
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 1 11

Immediate family

Members
Philip La Pointe (father)
Mary La Pointe (mother)
Armand P. La Pointe (brother)
Yvonne M. La Pointe (sister)
Virginia E. (Hillock) La Pointe (wife)
Gary W. La Pointe (son)

More information

Lt La Pointe graduated from Norwalk High School in 1935 and joined the National Guard in 1940.

He was killed just one week before the birth of his son, Gary William, who was born in California on 28 November 1944.

Source of information: The Norwalk Hour - 30 January 1944 www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, The Norwalk Hour Newspaper, www.ancestry.com - Norwalk High School Yearbook 1935