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Personal info

Full name
MANTOCK, Maurice Gaylord
Date of birth
14 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Peru, Miami County, Indiana
Hometown
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35566730
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Lunéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 4 15

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Mantock (father)
Fern E. (Cavender) Mantock (mother)
Norman H. Mantock (brother)
Jack L. Mantock (brother)
Charles E. Mantock (brother)
Robert M. Mantock (brother)
Bessie R. (Mullins) Mantock (wife)
Barbara L. Mantock (daughter)

More information

Pvt Maurice G. Mantock attended high school for three years and was a bartender before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 3 November 1942.

He died of wounds, received the previous day.

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 / Taylor and Mullins Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MM&I, www.newspapers.com - The Palladium Item and Sun Telegram 14 March 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - JC Mantock / Ashley Horvath / Drucilla Taylor