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Personal info

Full name
CAOUETTE, Armand Eugene
Date of birth
11 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31025436
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Area Southeast of Schafberg, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 15 9

Immediate family

Members
Eugene J. Caouette (father)
Leda M. (Pelletier) Caouette (mother)
Ernest H. Caouette (brother)
Albert T. Caouette (brother)
Raymond J. Caouette (brother)
Roland J. Caouette (brother)
Pearl M. Caouette (sister)
Edna B. Caouette (sister)
Irene Caouette (sister)
Rita (Letourneau) Caouette (wife)
Jeanne R. Caouette (daughter)
Leon G. Caouette (son)

More information

Pfc Armand E. Caouette enlisted in Worcester in Massachusetts on 17 March 1941. He was a chauffeur in civilian life.

The attacks by CCA and CCB for 13 December were cancelled and the period was spent in preparation for attacks on 14 December: CCA to attack East through Gey at an early hour, and CCB to attack East on its initial objective from its position on the high ground Souteast of Schafberg. The 15th Armored Infantry Battalion was designed to launch this attack at 0645, 14 December.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.gov,

Photo source: Peter Schouteten