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Personal info

Full name
DURAND, Romeo Paul
Date of birth
2 May 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31464598
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bermering, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 14 58

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Durand (father)
Yvonne Durand (mother)
Juliet Durand (sister)
Louisina Durand (sister)
Armand Durand (brother)
Hilaire Durand (brother)
Florence E. (Barry) Durand (wife)
Florence Durand (daughter)
Robert Durand (son)
Dorothy Durand (daughter)

More information

Pvt Romeo P. Durand was employed as a corduroy butler at the Merrimack Mills before he enlisted in April 1944.

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.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Behr Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com– J Pepperman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – J Pepperman