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Personal info

Full name
NEVES, John Constantino
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31163696
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Éloyes, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 20 34

Immediate family

Members
Joseph C. Neves (father)
Joaquim Neves (brother)
Manuel Neves (brother)
Mary Neves (sister)

More information

Pvt John C. Neves enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 25 August 1942 and was sent overseas 23 April 1944.

He was killed artillery shell fragments in his shoulder.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Standard Times - 21 October 1944/16 September 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy