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Personal info

Full name
PACKARD, Norman E
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31208312
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the Chateau-Salins or Fresnes-en-Saulnois vicinity, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 28 40

Immediate family

Members
Ellsworth S. Packard (father)
Mary E. (Dey) Packard (mother)
Grace E. Packard (sister)
Sherman H. Packard (brother)

More information

Pfc Norman E. Packard enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 3 October 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / 1940 Census, AAR 51st Infantry Battalion August 1944 thru May 1945

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