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Personal info

Full name
LAFLEUR, Armand Wilfred
Date of birth
31 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
North Grosvenordale, Windham County, Connecticut
Hometown
Windham County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31047729
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 12 24

Immediate family

Members
Felix LaFleur (father)
Leda (Martel) LaFleur (mother)
Felix LaFleur (brother)
Adriene L. LaFleur (sister)
Leo LaFleur (brother)
Wilfred LaFleur (brother)
Alcide LaFleur (brother)
Adelard LaFleur (brother)
William G. LaFleur (brother)
Marie C. LaFleur (sister)
Yvonne R. (Bourque) LaFleur (wife)

More information

Pfc Armand W. LaFleur enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 2 June 1941.

He was taken prisoner on 21 December 1944 and died a week later. The exact location is not known.

Five other brothers also served in Europe or in the Pacific. Wilfred lost a foot in Germany and Adelard suffered a broken back.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoner of War Records, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kim LaFleur Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The LaFleur Family