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Personal info

Full name
MORIN, Jean Paul
Date of birth
25 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39023602
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 54

Immediate family

Members
Luke O. Morin (father)
Mabel E. (Nicolai) Morin (mother)
Rosamond Morin (sister)
Luke O. Morin (brother)
Mabel E. Morin (sister)
Barbara (Richard) Morin (wife)

More information

Pvt Jean P. Morin graduated from Baylor High School in 1933 and attended the University of Chattanooga for one year. He was employed at Douglas Aircraft Corporation in Los Angeles.

He enlisted in Fort MacArthur San Pedro, California on 16 March 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Baylor High School 1933