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Personal info

Full name
DESCHENEAUX, Arthur J
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31068466
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 58

Immediate family

Members
Omer Descheneaux (father)
Laura Descheneaux (mother)
Omer Descheneaux (brother)
Yvette Descheneaux (sister)
Albert Descheneaux (brother)
Raymond Descheneaux (brother)
Gertrude Descheneaux (sister)
Leo Descheneaux (brother)
Emile Descheneaux (brother)
Doris Descheneaux (sister)
Victor Descheneaux (brother)
Joseph Descheneaux (brother)
Grace Descheneaux (sister)
Jeannette (Bergeron) Descheneaux (wife)

More information

T/4 Arthur J. Descheneaux attended 4 years of high school and worked as a driver before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 24 February 1942.

T/4 Descheneaux was taken prisoner and died in a prisoner of war camp in Germany.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / US City Directories
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newsarchive.com - Lowell Sun 11 October 1944