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Personal info

Full name
SCHOONAERT, Raymond Charles
Date of birth
19 March 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Peoria County, Illinois
Hometown
Tazewell County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36312115
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schierke-Braunlage, Harz Mountains, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 1 7

Immediate family

Members
Gustof A. Schoonaert (father)
Emma I. (Hoste) Schoonaert (mother)
Camiel Schoonaert (brother)
David J. Schoonaert (brother)
Isabel Schoonaert (sister)
Henry Schoonaert (brother)
Gladys Schoonaert (wife)

More information

Raymond Schoonaert enlisted at Camp Granton on January 16, 1942.

His parents were both born in Belgium.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet