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Personal info

Full name
DE MONT, Henry
Date of birth
12 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Corona, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
42078658
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 31 25

Immediate family

Members
Kate (Duro) De Mont (mother)
Rita C. De Mont (wife)

More information

Pfc Henry De Mont enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 4 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy