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Personal info

Full name
NEVES, Jose Daniel
Date of birth
11 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Madeira, Portugal
Hometown
Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31005764
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 31 31

Immediate family

Members
Jacintho F. Neves (father)
Alvera Neves (mother)
Odette Neves (sister)
Alice Neves (sister)
Judith Neves (sister)

More information

Sgt Jose D. Neves was employed at the Broga Shoe Company before he enlisted in Worcester, Massachusetts on 6 March 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / 1940 Census, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Matthew Sargent