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Personal info

Full name
DE PUE, John W
Date of birth
24 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan
Hometown
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36861671
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Dropzone W
Hamminkeln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 17 15

Immediate family

Members
Clyde De Pue (father)
Emma M. (McGiveron) De Pue (mother)
Della De Pue (sister)
Alva De Pue (sister)
Clydie De Pue (brother)
Nettie De Pue (sister)
Nora De Pue (sister)
Caroline De Pue (sister)
William De Pue (brother)
Emma De Pue (sister)
Irene De Pue (sister)
Josephine (Brockman) De Pue (wife)

More information

Pfc John W. De Pue was employed by Pontiac Motors before he entered the army.

He was killed by a sniper right after he landed with his parachute on the dropzone.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Susan Linton - www.genealogybank.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Book: The Last Drop 24-25 March 1945 by Stephen L. Wright, 17th Airborne Division Historical Report of Operation Varsity

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - www.genealogybank.com