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Personal info

Full name
HARTEAU, George Walter
Date of birth
30 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Menominee, Menominee County, Michigan
Hometown
Menominee, Menominee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16093852
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fort de Villey-le-Sec, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 54

Immediate family

Members
David W. Harteneau (father)
Mae (Pfankuch) Harteau (mother)
Robert C. Harteau (brother)
Carl H. Harteau (brother)
Eldred M. Harteau (sister)
Verena A. Harteau (sister)
Richard Harteau (brother)
Raymond Harteau (brother)
Mary Harteau (sister)

More information

Pvt George W. Harteau attended high school for three years and was a draftsman, employed by the Lloyd Factory, before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 31 July 1942.

He was killed by a bullet in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy