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Personal info

Full name
VALLEAU, Harold E
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36577393
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
397th Infantry Regiment,
100th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bettviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 39 16

Immediate family

Members
William D. Valleau (father)
Leota (Frentenborough) Valleau (mother)
Kenneth W. Valleau (brother)
Orville R. Valleau (brother)
Lloyd S. Valleau (brother)
Virgil E. Valleau (brother)
Irene Valleau (sister)
Doris May Valleau (sister)

More information

Pfc Harold E. Valleau attended Fordson High School and was overseas five months before succumbing to wounds received in battle.

At the time of his death, two of his brothers, Pvt Kenneth Valleau and Pfc Floyd Valleau, were in the service.

Source of information: FOHF, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Webb Family Tree, www.newspapers.com – Lansing State Journal 28 February 1945 / Detroit Free Press 1 November 1937, ‘Regiment of the Century: The Story of the 397th Infantry Regiment ‘, ‘B Company 397 in Combat’
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Detroit News - 2 March 1945