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Personal info

Full name
FOURNIER, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
2 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Forestville, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31251679
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 47

Immediate family

Members
Catherine (Deegan) Fournier (wife)
Ed Fournier (son)

More information

Cpl Edward J. Fournier attended high school for 2 years and was employed at the New Departure Division of General Motor as a machine operator.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 23 November 1942.

Cpl Edward Fournier was awarded the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.armydivs.com/10th-armored-division

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