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Personal info

Full name
PONSONE, John
Date of birth
17 September 1908
Age
35
Place of birth
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Hometown
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34192303
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Vincent Ponsone (father)
Frances (Cireda) Ponsone (mother)
Rena Ponsone (sister)
Frank Ponsone (brother)
Margaret L. (Mount) Ponsone (wife)

More information

Pfc John Ponsone enlisted at fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 11 March 1942.

He was married to Margaret Lee Mount in 1943.

He is remembered at the West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall & Mary / Eric in Memphis