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Personal info

Full name
POND, Eugene Leroy "Gene"
Date of birth
18 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Parsons, Labette County, Kansas
Hometown
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15312980
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Siersthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 14 32

Immediate family

Members
Elmer E. Pond (father)
Anna M. (Berends) Pond (mother)
Cecil E. Pond (brother)
Eleanor M. (Kolarik) Pond (wife)

More information

Pfc Eugene L. Pond attended college for one year and was a chainman, rodman, and axman before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in La Fayette, Indiana on 23 October 1942. 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Gutierrez Family Tree / Iowa U.S. Marriage Records, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The South Bend Tribune 12 January 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Barry Gutierrez, www.newspapers.com – The South Bend Tribune 12 January 1945