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Personal info

Full name
MORVANT, Jules J M
Date of birth
4 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Chackbay, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Chackbay, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38654243
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rothbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 16

Immediate family

Members
Nelson B. Morvant (father)
Ella (Clement) Morvant (mother)
Iris Morvant (sister)
Wilton Morvant (brother)
Bernice Morvant (sister)
Wesley J. Morvant (brother)
Clifton Morvant (brother)
Mataline Morvant (sister)
Nelson J. Morvant (brother)

More information

Pvt Jules J. M. Morvant worked on a farm before he enlisted in Camp Beauregard, Louisiana on 11 April 1944.

He is remembered at the Our Lady of Prompt Succor Cemetery in Chackbay, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com - Roni
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Roni