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Personal info

Full name
FOUNTAIN, George Thomas
Date of birth
23 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1304058
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Bussbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 8

Immediate family

Members
George Fountain (father)
Bernice Fountain (mother)
Orill Fountain (brother)
John A. Fountain (brother)

More information

2nd Lt George T. Fountain volunteered as a private for the US Army in Albany, New York on 17 February 1942. He attended college for 2 years and was an accountant before he joined the army.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Jeanne Sutherland