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Personal info

Full name
FOX, John E
Date of birth
13 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Prairie View, Logan County, Arkansas
Hometown
Paris, Logan County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38516178
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Bourheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 6 10

Immediate family

Members
Frank Fox (father)
Laura Fox (mother)
Margie Fox (sister)
Hanry Fox (brother)
Mary Jane Fox (sister)
Virginia Fox (sister)
Frank James Fox (brother)
Lawrence Fox (brother)
Charlie Fox (brother)

More information

Pvt John Fox graduated from Scranton High School and worked at the A.T. Crouch Creamery. He enlisted on 8 September 1943 at Little Rock, Arkansas.

He was seriously wounded in action on 14 July 1944.

He was promoted to Private First Class on 20 July 1944 and was again seriously wounded in action the same day.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Stammbaum Pörtzgen

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Leigh VonderHeide (great-niece), Scranton School District