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Personal info

Full name
DURGIN, George
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
6147886
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 33

Immediate family

Members
Mercedes (Burgos) Durgin (wife)

More information

Sgt George Durgin joined the Regular Army on 19 May 1939.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and arm.

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 Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen