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Personal info

Full name
MENET, Otto
Date of birth
7 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Wallington, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32772740
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 16 40

Immediate family

Members
Adolf Menet (father)
Walter Menet (brother)

More information

Pvt Otto Menet attended Paterson's Eastside High School and was graduated from Paterson Vocational School.

He enlisted on 13 March 1943 and trained at Camp Meade, Maryland. He was overseas for only seven months when he was killed.


Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, The Herald-News (Passaic, New Jersey) · 16 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet