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MINGONET, Aime Milton - Date of
birth
27 April 1921 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Eustis, Lake County, Florida -
Hometown
Eustis, Lake County, Florida
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
14118101 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
28 September 1945 - Place of
death
Gressenich, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Aime J. Mingonet (father)
Pearl (Lamoureaux) Mingonet (mother)
Charles L. Mingonet (brother)
Pearl L. Mingonet (sister)
Ruth (Gallaway) Mingonet (wife)
More information
Cpl Aime M. Mingonet graduated from the University of Florida.He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Gainesville, Florida on 6 July 1942.
Cpl Mingonet was reported missing in action on 27 September 1944 when he was leading a reconnaissance patrol into enemy territory at Gressenich, Germany.
He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Cpl Aimee M. Mingonet is remembered at Greenwood Cemetery in Eustis, Lake County, Florida with a memorial marker.
On the group picture, Cpl Mingonet is standing second from the left. On the back of the original picture was written "Sept 10 1944 somewhere in Belgium". According to the history of the 47th Infantry Regiment and after research this photo was taken at the railway station of Tilff, Belgium.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, The Daily Republican - Pennsylvania Oct 25 1945, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, www.ancestry.com - Family trees / University of Florida Yearbook 1943, Karen McPherson