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Personal info

Full name
QUEEN, Henry
Date of birth
16 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
31421415
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sainte-Croix, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 19 30

Immediate family

Members
Myer Queen (father)
Tilly Queen (mother)
Ida Queen (sister)
Rose Queen (sister)
Isaac Queen (brother)
Lillian Queen (wife)

More information

Pvt Henry Queen was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 September 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

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 Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1920/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Union48

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy