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AZUR, George Joseph - Date of
birth
21 March 1919 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Berlin, Coos County, New Hampshire -
Hometown
Newport, Orleans County, Vermont
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11055701 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
17 April 1945 - Place of
death
Torfhaus, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 21 | 12 |
Immediate family
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Members
Joseph M. Azur (father)
Marianne (Handy) Azur (mother)
Frank Azur (nephew)
More information
George Azur volunteered for the U.S. Army in Rutland, Vermont on 30 January 1942.On 17 April G Company gets the order to take the town of Schierke, Germany. The Company met heavy resistance of enemy artillery, infantry soldiers and snipers. During this attack George Azur got mortally wounded by a sniper. The sniper shot him in the back. His commander Captain Walker wrote in a note to his family that George fought heroically and died like a soldier. Captain Walker wrote that he died instantly and without suffering.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Breuna, Germany on 23 April 1945, Plot I, Row 8, Grave 146. He was reburied at Margraten on 7 August 1945 at Plot SS, Row 12, Grave 290. He was disinterred on 9 September 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket the same day. He was given his final resting place on 20 December 1948.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Frits Kruishaar, Frank Azur, WIIMemorial.com, NARA, Individual Deceased Personell File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Inscription and Interment Record , IDPF
Photo source: Frits Kruishaar, Frank Azur