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Personal info

Full name
DEMARS, Norman E
Date of birth
15 August 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31391445
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
409th Infantry Regiment,
103rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Reisdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 20 43

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Demars (father)
Bernadette M. Demars (mother)
Alphonse A. Demars (brother)
Roland Demars (brother)
Muriel Demars (sister)
Lucille Demars (sister)
Cecile Demars (sister)
Janet Demars (sister)
Lorriane Demars (sister)

More information

Pvt Norman E. Demars enlisted at Ft Devens, Massachusetts on 4 November 1943.

His brother, Pvt Alphonse A. Demars, is buried next to him.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Records, Kentucky Birth Index, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/409th-regiment.html, - Unit Journal for March 1945, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/assets/mr-409-g-by-name.pdf,
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nicole Leibrecht Grod / Randy