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Personal info

Full name
MOUTON, John
Date of birth
17 January 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Scott, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38488885
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Magdeburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 4 2

Immediate family

Members
Abel Mouton (father)
Ida (Sonnier) Mouton (mother)
Ambrose Mouton (brother)
Marie A. Mouton (sister)
Nelson Mouton (brother)
Walter Mouton (brother)
Romain Mouton (brother)
Beulah Mouton (sister)
Elton Mouton (brother)
Helen Mouton (sister)
Jean Mouton (sister)
Carroll Mouton (brother)
Hazel Mouton (wife)

More information

In a letter to his wife Hazel, written for John by the Chaplain in the hospital on 21 April 1945, a few days for his death:
"I have been injured in the last few days, but now I'm getting along fine. Please do not worry as I am receiving the best of care. I am no longer on the front line but recuperating in a hospital. Keep on writing to me although I won't be able to write to you so often until I feel a little better. Lots of love, John"

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Charles