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Personal info

Full name
PENCE, John Marshall
Date of birth
18 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33715614
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Marbache, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 16 37

Immediate family

Members
Howard M. Pence (father)
Bernice W. (Coates) Pence (mother)
Charles M. Pence (brother)
Laura M. (Dickson) Pence (wife)
Laura Pence (daughter)

More information

Pvt John M. Pence attended high school for four years and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on 5 January 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Gould Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
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