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Personal info

Full name
MOMBI, Owen James
Date of birth
8 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Eagletown, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38407210
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bürden, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 9 29

Immediate family

Members
Wattis W. Mombi (father)
Rollie (Fobb) Mombi (mother)
Joe Mombi (brother)
William Mombi (brother)
Herbert Mombi (brother)
Nicholas Mombi (brother)
Wattis W. Mombi Jr. (brother)
Ellen F. Mombi (sister)

More information

Pvt Owen J. Mombi attended Jones Academy in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. He was a member of the Choctaw Nation.

He enlisted on 30 June 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach