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Personal info

Full name
ARMAGNAC, Alex Louis
Date of birth
8 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico
Hometown
Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
O1178057
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arracourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 54

Immediate family

Members
Alex Armagnac (father)
Carmen Armagnac (mother)
Albert L. Armagnac (brother)
Carmen Armagnac (sister)
Katherine L. Armagnac (wife)
Katherine L. Armagnac (daughter)

More information

2nd Lt Alex L. Armagnac graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute.

He enlisted on 5 June 1942 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Lt Armagnac was killed in a vehicle accident in France. He was just cited for capturing a German major and captain and 80 soldiers at the point of a machine gun in France.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - Vonna

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, New Mexico Military institute 1935