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Personal info

Full name
SALMOND, John Wesley
Date of birth
4 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ramseur, Randolph County, North Carolina
Hometown
Ramseur, Randolph County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34678244
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Col de Sainte-Marie, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 3

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Salmond Sr. (father)
Ida M. (Dixon) Salmond (mother)
Charles C. Salmond Jr (brother)
Charlene B. Salmond (sister)
Lillie M. Salmond (sister)

More information

Pvt John W. Salmond was employed at the Ramseur Furniture Company before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 28 August 1943. He was sent overseas on 24 Augustus 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Coleman / Riley

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – News and Record - 27 December 1944