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Personal info

Full name
MASON, Raymond J
Date of birth
23 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31035336
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 58

Immediate family

Members
Louis J. Mason (father)
Leda E. (Tatreau) Mason (mother)
Wilfred J. Mason (brother)
Dora B. Mason (sister)
Albert J. Mason (brother)
Mary A. Mason (sister)

More information

The Square on Route 104 and Walnut Street, near his childhood home in Bridgewater, Massachusetts is named in his honour.

Pfc Raymond J. Mason was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Goose, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Goose