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Personal info

Full name
COMEAU, Joseph Ranney
Date of birth
9 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Franklin County, Vermont
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31328166
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 11 8

Immediate family

Members
Alfred J. Comeau (father)
Rolland Comeau (brother)
Clement Comeau (brother)
Bernard Comeau (brother)
Laurette Comeau (sister)
Janette Comeau (sister)
Annette Comeau (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph R. Comeau attended the Waterbury Trade School and was employed as a tool maker at The Peck Stow and Wilcox Company.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 12 March 1943.
Pfc Comeau was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.wwiimemorial.com - Jeanette Thibault