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Personal info

Full name
BETANCOURT, Ismael
Date of birth
9 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Puerto Rico
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
42124923
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Morey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 32

Immediate family

Members
Francisco Betancourt (father)
Eufenio (Pastrana) Betancourt (mother)
Gonzalo Betancourt (brother)
Gabriel Betancourt (brother)
José Betancourt (brother)
Nicolas Batancourt (brother)
Margarite Betancourt (sister)
Isabel Betancourt (sister)
Pablo Betancourt (brother)
Ruperto Betancourt (brother)
Tati Betancourt (brother)
Colito Betancourt (brother)
Saro Betancourt (sister)

More information

Pvt Ismael Betancourt enlisted in New York on 20 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Several Family Trees, www.80thDivision.com

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