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Personal info

Full name
DUNCAN, John Carson
Date of birth
9 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
California
Hometown
Antioch, Contra Costa County, California

Military service

Service number
39015020
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Schöntal near Heistern, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 15

Immediate family

Members
Eugene C. Duncan (father)
Edna B. (McIntyre) Duncan (mother)
Eugenia B. Duncan (sister)
Willow F. Duncan (sister)
Durell H. Duncan (brother)
Mima E. Duncan (sister)
Theodora E. Duncan (sister)
Mary R. Duncan (sister)
Marksbury R. Duncan (brother)

More information

Pfc John C. Duncan worked in the wrapping departement of the Pioneer Rubber Mills. He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 3 December 1941.

He was killed shortly after he rejoined his unit from a hospital in England where he had spent six months recovering from serious leg wounds.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com – WWII Enlistment Record / Van Deventer Family Tree, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, The Oakland Tribune of 12 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet