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Personal info

Full name
FOUSSARD, Gaston Joseph
Date of birth
3 November 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Rolette County, North Dakota
Hometown
St, John, Rolette County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37591205
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 6 31

Immediate family

Members
Emile Foussard (father)
Anna Foussard (mother)
Henry Foussard (brother)
Leonne Foussard (brother)
Arthur Foussard (brother)
Emile Foussard Jr. (brother)
Armand Foussard (brother)

More information

Pvt Gaston J. Foussard attended high school for four years and worked on the family farm.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 25 February 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy