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Personal info

Full name
ST JEAN, Maurice
Date of birth
4 December 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Agawan, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31453606
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
747th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Emile C. St Jean (father)
Leila (Lafond) St Jean (mother)
Arthur St Jean (brother)
Emile C. St Jean (brother)
Paul St Jean (brother)
Leon St Jean (brother)
Louise A. St Jean (wife)

More information

Pvt Maurice St Jean was a filling station attendant, employed by the Socony Vacuum Oil Co. before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 4 March 1944.

During the attack on Siersdorf, Germany, two tanks were lost by mines.

Pvt St Jean was one of the casulaties.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Frederick Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dave Hansen