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Personal info

Full name
LORD, Eugene Joseph
Date of birth
1 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lavis, Quebec, Canada
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36977975
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tintange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 67

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Lord (father)
Angelina (Jacob) Lord (mother)
Theresa Lord (sister)
Andrew Lord (brother)
Raymond Lord (brother)
Marie Lord (sister)
Robert Lord (brother)
Marie O. (Benoit) Lord (wife)

More information

Pfc Eugene J. Lord attended high school for one year and was a truck driver employed by Excello Corporation before he enlisted on 21 April 1941. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his foot and abdomen.

His brother Raymond served with the U.S. Navy and his brother Andrew with the Canadian Navy.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Michigan Marriage Records, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - usafdo