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Personal info

Full name
DURANS, Philip Thaddeus
Date of birth
30 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32818199
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 24 46

Immediate family

Members
Frank Durans (father)
Eva Durans (mother)
Elizabeth Durans (sister)
Anna Durans (sister)
Victor F. Durans (brother)
Joseph Durans (brother)
Alma Durans (sister)

More information

Pfc Philip T. Durans attended college for one year before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 27 February 1943.
He was killed by a land mine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy