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Personal info

Full name
MANGIN, Victor J "Shorty"
Date of birth
3 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Washington, Daviess County, Indiana
Hometown
Washington County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35808057
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Munshausen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 3

Immediate family

Members
Otto A. Mangin (father)
Mayme C. (Norris) Mangin (mother)
Richard A. Mangin (brother)
Esther M. Mangin (sister)

More information

Pvt Victor J. Mangin enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 20 October 1943.

Pvt Victor J Mangin was killed together with 5 other soldiers (Hahs, Thorpe, Binder, Callen, and Hudzinski) by a German 88 mm shell.

After a service in the old Munshausen chapel, they were buried in the church yard. In April 1945 they were turned over to the U.S. Army and reburied in Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, Mike Healy (cousin), www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Vaughn (Healy)-Linn (Rudolph-Scanlon) Tree / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.fold3.com - rjvaughn49