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Personal info

Full name
VAGUENER, Joseph R Eugene
Date of birth
10 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Rhode Island
Hometown
North Attleborough, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31363363
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gangelt-Birgden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 10

Immediate family

Members
Emile E. Vaguener (father)
Alma (Jette) Vaguener (mother)
Ray Vaguener (brother)
Rita Vaguener (sister)
Doris Vaguener (sister)

More information

Pvt Joseph (Eugene) R.E. Vaguener enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 22 June 1943. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 9 October 1944.

He was killed by shrapnel in his neck.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Robert Klinkenberg, www.wwiimemorial.com - Town of North Attleborough, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / 1925 Rhode Island State Census / The Sun Chronicle / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Robert Klinkenberg / Ray Vaguener (brother)