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Personal info

Full name
VIOLETTE, Harold Mitchell
Date of birth
15 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut
Hometown
Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31453317
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 29 37

Immediate family

Members
Thomas W. Violette (father)
Amelia Violette (mother)
Woodrow Violette (brother)
Leslie Violette (brother)
Henry Violette (brother)
Francis Violette (brother)
Franklin Violette (brother)

More information

Pvt Harold M. Violette was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 2 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 / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
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