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Personal info

Full name
VAN DUSEN, Paul Jonas
Date of birth
15 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Wheatfield, Jasper County, Indiana
Hometown
Wheatfield, Jasper County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35243494
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
North of Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 20 1

Immediate family

Members
Jonas H. Van Dusen (father)
Lilly L. (Lintner) Van Dusen (mother)
William E. Van Dusen (brother)
Bessie F. Van Dusen (sister)
Rosa E. Van Dusen (sister)
Lora F. Van Dusen (sister)
Ida B. Van Dusen (sister)
Basil R. Van Dusen (brother)
Alice Van Dusen (sister)
Lillian E. (Calhoorn) Van Dusen (wife)
Lawrence P. Van Dusen (son)

More information

Pvt Paul J. Van Dusen attended high school for one year and was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 1 March 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 / 1930 Census / Russell Bailey Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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