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Personal info

Full name
LAMONT, Hugh W
Date of birth
20 May 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36854819
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 18 7

Immediate family

Members
William J. Lamont (father)
Olive (Mageau) Lamont (mother)
George S. Lamont (brother)
Howard J. Lamont (brother)
Margaret Lamont (sister)

More information

Hugh Lamont was married to Irene Smith on 24 April 1937 but they divorced on 10 May 1940.

Pvt Hugh W. Lamont was wounded during the Rhine river crossing in the vicinity of Dinslaken, Germany. The exact circumstances and location of his death are unknown.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930 Census / WWII Draft Card / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet