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Personal info

Full name
ABOOD, Albert Mansour
Date of birth
3 December 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32095031
Rank
Private
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
80th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized),
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
1 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Chaumont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 63

Immediate family

Members
Mansour Abood (father)
Mary Abood (mother)
Zena Abood (sister)
Jimmie Abood (brother)
Nora Abood (sister)
Escheine Abood (sister)
Julia Abood (sister)
Johnie Abood (brother)
Lorraine Abood (sister)
Maurice Abood (brother)
Edmund Abood (brother)
Bobbie Abood (brother)

More information

Pvt Albert M. Abood attended high school for four years and was a shipping clerk in a knitting mill.

He joined the National Guard in Brooklyn, New York on 16 December 1936.

On 13 June 1941 he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York.

He was severely injured and evacuated to the 305th Medical Battalion Clearing Station where he died of his injuries.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / New York Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy