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Personal info

Full name
MANGIGIAN, Minas George
Date of birth
2 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39023368
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ferdrupt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 65

Immediate family

Members
Krikor M. Mangigian (father)
Aghavia M. (Gulazion) Mangigian (mother)
Estella Mangigian (sister)
Jack G. Mangigian (brother)
Paul Mangigian (brother)

More information

Pfc Minas G. Mangigian attended high school for four years and was a sales clerk in his father's company.

He enlisted at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro California on 16 March 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire 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. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy