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Personal info

Full name
DESPLAINES, Armand J
Date of birth
1911
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31445268
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Bobenthal, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 83

Immediate family

Members
Adrien Desplaines (father)
Lorisiane Desplaines (mother)
Antoin Desplaines (brother)
Edgar Desplaines (brother)
Celice Desplaines (sister)

More information

Pfc Armand J. Desplaines enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 23 September 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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