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Personal info

Full name
ROUGEMONT, Hugh Lindsay
Date of birth
1 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee
Hometown
Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34921948
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Forêt de Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 86

Immediate family

Members
Albert F. Rougemont (father)
Kate (Lindsay) Rougemont (mother)
William F. Rougemont (brother)
Gilbert L. Rougemont (brother)
Mayme L. Rougemont (sister)
Jasper C. Rougemont (brother)
Lena Rougemont (sister)
Katie M. Rougemont (sister)
Mary A. (Stimson) Rougemont (wife)
Brenda Rougemont (daughter)
Mary H. Rougemont (daughter)

More information

Pvt Hugh L. Rougemont was a carpenter before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 3 December 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

His company was in the assault against the enemy lines in the Grémecey Forest and their mission was to retake the woods. Pvt Rougemont was performing his duties as a rifleman. Machine gun and rifle fire was encountered and he was struck by a bullet from a machine gun and killed instantly.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemtery in Andilly, France.

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 / Coulter Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Stewart County Times, 30 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JoMarRo, www.ancestrry.com - Leslie Bickford