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Personal info

Full name
PION, Alan Robert "Bobbie"
Date of birth
23 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
New York City, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42134388
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 February 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 37

Immediate family

Members
Isidor H. Pion (father)
Shari (Levensohn) Pion (mother)
Ellin B. Pion (sister)

More information

Pfc Alan R. Pion attended college for two years before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 12 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock, hip and chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Herbst Family Tree / New York Birth Index / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - L E K
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / L E K