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Personal info

Full name
DECOTEAU, Aloysius
Date of birth
8 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Belcourt, Rolette County, North Dakota
Hometown
Belcourt, Rolette County, North Dakota
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
37584306
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 34 47

Immediate family

Members
Frank D. Decoteau (father)
Eliza (Vallie) Decoteau (mother)
Joane Decoteau (sister)
Francis Decoteau (brother)
Louise Decoteau (sister)
Walter Decoteau (brother)
Elmer Decoteau (brother)
Sylvester Decoteau (brother)
Jeanette Decoteau (sister)
Edward Decoteau (brother)
Elsie M. Decoteau (sister)
Dolores Decoteau (sister)
Ida Decoteau (wife)

More information

Pvt. Aloysius Decoteau worked on a farm before he enlisted on 17 December 1943.

He was a member of the Ojibwe Tribe of the Turtle Mountain Reservation.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Holly Cosgrove