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Personal info

Full name
DEAN, Arthur Duke
Date of birth
22 October 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Warren, Marion County, Missouri
Hometown
Monroe City, Monroe County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37630602
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Amance, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 81

Immediate family

Members
William J. Dean (father)
Nina E. (Murray) Dean (mother)
Lloyd J. Dean (brother)
Floyd M. Dean (brother)
Turner C. Dean (brother)
William T. Dean (brother)
Archie R. Dean (brother)
Anna C. Dean (sister)
Nannie L. Dean (sister)
Helen L. (Gurry) Dean (wife)

More information

Pvt Arthur D. Dean attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 10 December 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Chad Kendell
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len