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DUVAL, Billy Ed - Date of
birth
19 June 1919 -
Age
25 -
Place of birth
McDonald County, Missouri -
Hometown
Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1060422 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 January 1945 - Place of
death
Hatten, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 33 | 40 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Clarence E. Duval (father)
Mary E. (Jeffers) Duval (mother)
Quinten J. Duval (brother)
Kenneth J. Duval (brother)
Joy Q. Duval (sister)
Geraldine Duval (sister)
Maxine J. Duval (sister)
Nell Duval (sister)
Jackson C. Duval (brother)
Dorothy D. Duval (sister)
Doris J. Duval (sister)
More information
2nd Lt Billy E. Duval attended Pineville High School for four years before he joined the National Guard in Anderson, Missouri on 16 September 1940. He was sent overseas in September 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 / Stutsman Duval Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - JHBARR, www.newspapers.com - The Pineville Democrat - 8 February 1945
Photo source: -www.findagrave.com - Damaris Acevedo