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Personal info

Full name
LUCAN, George
Date of birth
18 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Middlesex County, Connecticut
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32196708
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Stalag 9B Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 14 13

Immediate family

Members
Mathew Lucan (father)
Anna Lucan (mother)
Anthony Lucan (brother)
Anna Lucan (sister)

More information

Pfc George Lucan attended high school for 1 year and was employed at Finley Photo Shop.

He enlisted in Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 29 January 1942.
He was first buried at Block S, Row 8, Grave 189.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census

Photo source: Jac Engels