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Personal info

Full name
GIRARD, Arthur J Jr
Date of birth
23 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
32243288
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 3 28

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Girard Sr. (father)
Mary C. (Leonard) Girard (mother)
Muriel F. Girard (sister)

More information

Arthur Girard enlistedon 27 February 1942 and was overseas in May 1944.

He died of shrapnel wounds on Armistice Day. His maternal uncle, Peter Leonard, also died on Armistice Day during World War I from wounds received in action.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Massachusetts State Vital Records, http://delaware.contentdm.oclc.org, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://delaware.contentdm.oclc.org, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal