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Personal info

Full name
DUPLANTIS, Marshall Harry
Date of birth
20 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New Orleans, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38381666
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
349th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 July 1944
Place of death
The road between both towns
Niedermöllern-Fränkenau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 19 16

Immediate family

Members
Harry M. Duplantis (father)
Elvire Duplantis (mother)
Vera Duplantis (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31723
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Sparky
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Leuna oil refinery
MACR: 7810

More information

S/Sgt Marshall Duplantis attended Terrebonne High Schooland worked in a warehouse before he enlisted in New Orleans, Louisiana on 25 February 1943.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fighters. Eight crew members were killed, one was taken prisoner.

The killed crew members were initially buried in a common grave at the cemetery of Niedermöllern on 3 August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.100thbg.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Mike Marcell