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Personal info

Full name
DUMAS, John Gully
Date of birth
14 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Spencer, Union Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38525959
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 35 16

Immediate family

Members
Ida (Brown) Dumas (mother)
Maxine Dumas (brother)
Randolph Dumas (brother)
Letha H. Dumas (sister)
Maxine Dumas (sister)

More information

Pfc. John G. Dumas, formerly of Monroe, was killed in action in Germany March 6, according to word received by his mother, Mrs. Ida Brown of West Monroe. He has two sisters, Mrs. Letha Franks and Mrs. Maxine Lofton, both of West Monroe.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Hamm, Luxembourg, Block R, Row 6, Grave 129.

Source of information: Luc van der Sterren, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 census, www.newspapers.com - Monroe Morning World, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.newspapers.com - Monroe Morning World