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Personal info

Full name
SAULENAS, John Michael
Date of birth
1 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31018840
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 20

Immediate family

Members
Annie Saulenas (mother)

More information

S/Sgt John M. Saulenas attended high school for four years and was employed at the General Electric Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 3 March 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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