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Personal info

Full name
DURAND, Howard R
Date of birth
17 November 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33796411
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 31

Immediate family

Members
Ernest Durand (father)
Kattie Durand (mother)
Alice Durand (sister)
Ernest N. Durand (brother)
Marjorie Durand (sister)
Dorothy R. Durand (daughter)
Anna M. Durand (daughter)

More information

Pvt Howard R. Durand was married to Elizabeth Binham on 14 July 1939 in Philadelphia and had two daughters with her. At the time of his death he was divorced.

He was a jewelry salesman before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 25 August 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Jones Bingham Family Tree / Veteran Compensation Application File, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy