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Personal info

Full name
CORRIVEAU, Roger Alexander
Date of birth
12 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
St Thomas, Montagny, Canada
Hometown
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31020850
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bénestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 7

Immediate family

Members
Alyr Corriveau (father)
Victoria (Pier) Corriveau (mother)

More information

Sgt Roger A. Corriveau attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 18 February 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / 1921 Census of Canada, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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