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Personal info

Full name
FENT, Ray Daniel
Date of birth
5 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
Hometown
Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38183868
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
63rd Engineer Combat Battalion,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 13

Immediate family

Members
Curtis C. Fent (father)
Pearl G. (Jarvis) Fent (mother)
Roy C. Fent (brother)
Viola A. Fent (sister)
Dorothy C. fent (sister)
Velma F. Fent (sister)
Margurette Fent (sister)

More information

Pvt Ray D. Fent was a guard and watchman before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 1 September 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Don J
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy