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Personal info

Full name
PELOQUIN, Wilfred
Date of birth
25 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31456054
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
11 November 1944
Place of death
Gerbécourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 59

Immediate family

Members
Francis A. Peloquin (father)
Theresa (LaFlamme) Peloquin (mother)
Valmore R. Peloquin (brother)
Harry S. Peloquin (brother)
Irene M. Peloquin (sister)
Sylvio E. Peloquin (brother)
Shirley E. Peloquin (sister)
Lottie N. (Olczak) Peloquin (wife)

More information

Pvt Wilfred Peloquin was employed in the manufacture of miscellanous products before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 17 March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
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