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Personal info

Full name
CANNON, Maurice Ducloux Jr
Date of birth
29 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Mount Vernon, Mobile County, Alabama
Hometown
Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida

Military service

Service number
44005236
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
12 March 1945
Place of death
Fechingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 10 27

Immediate family

Members
Maurice D. Cannon (father)
Patricia (Long) Cannon (mother)
Louis B. Cannon (brother)

More information

Pvt Maurice D. Cannon attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 22 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findgrave.com
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