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Personal info

Full name
MARQUER, Francis Kirwin
Date of birth
5 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Baumont, Jefferson County, Texas
Hometown
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38494508
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pommérieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 44 29

Immediate family

Members
Alcide Marquer (father)
Loretta Marquer (mother)
Gilda Marquer (sister)
John J. Marquer (brother)
Mary Marquer (sister)
William Marquer (brother)
Helen R. Marquer (sister)

More information

Pfc. Francis K. Marquer worked at the Todd-Johnson Dry Docks in Algiers, Louisiana.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Texas Birth Index / U.S.WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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