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Personal info

Full name
MARCOTTE, Arthur Raymond
Date of birth
17 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Biddeford, York County, Maine
Hometown
Biddeford, York County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31320823
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Houssen - Ostheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 13

Immediate family

Members
Roland O. Marcotte (father)
Lucy H. (Chadbourne) Marcotte (mother)
Pauline Marcotte (sister)
Herman E. Marcotte (brother)
Dorothy Marcotte (sister)
Richard P. Marcotte (brother)
Doris M. Marcotte (sister)
Robert Marcotte (brother)
Ernest Marcotte (brother)
David A. Marcotte (brother)

More information

Pfc Arnold R. Marcotte was a lumberman before he enlisted in Portland, Maine on 22 March 1943.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for his action on 23 January 1945. The citation cited: When his squad encountered deadly machine gun fire from wooded positions fifty yards to his front, Pfc Marcotte advanced intrepidly over bullet-swept ground, firing his sub-machine gun from the hip. Twenty yards from the hostile emplacement, he killed the three-man crew with a hand grenade. Seconds later, a sniper's bullet ripped into his stomach. Mortally wounded, Pfc Marcotte staggered blindly forward for thirty yards, fell exhausted on the ground and opened fire with his "Tommy Gun". He killed the sniper but died of his wounds a few minutes later.

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