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PFC Emile Legendre

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PFC Emile Legendre Veteran

Birth
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
4 Aug 1944 (aged 25)
Rennes, Departement d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Burial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France GPS-Latitude: 48.5186472, Longitude: -1.3050472
Plot
Block J Row 13 Grave 10
Memorial ID
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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #31061944

Enlistment Date: 02/05/1942

Entered the Service from: Massachusetts

24th Engineer Battalion, 4th Armored Division

Awards: Purple Heart


Emil Legendre is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Worcester County, Massachusetts. Died Or Killed In Prisoner Of War Status.


U.S., World War II American and Allied Prisoners of War, 1941-1946, lists a report date of August 3rd, 1944. Camp: Rennes Military Hospital Rennes France 48-01. Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases.


Name and Address of Next of Kin:


Elsie Legendre (Mother)

192 Lowell Street

Lawrence, Massachusetts


***I would like to thank Joris Brouard Find A Grave ID 50525403 for adding his photo of Emile and also updating DOB/DOD information on this memorial***


Suggested edit: Name: Emile Legendre

Gender: Male

Rank: Private First Class

Residence Place: Massachusetts

Type of Medal: Purple Heart

Service Number: 31061944

Military Unit: 24rd Engineer Battalion, 4th Armored Division

Military Branch: US Army

War: World War II

Death Date: 4 Aug 1944

Cemetery Plot Number: J

Cemetery Row: 13

Cemetery Section: Grave: 10

Cemetery: Brittany

Burial Place: St James Manche, France

Mother: Elsie Legendre

Contributor: Linda K (47400410) •

U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #31061944

Enlistment Date: 02/05/1942

Entered the Service from: Massachusetts

24th Engineer Battalion, 4th Armored Division

Awards: Purple Heart


Emil Legendre is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Worcester County, Massachusetts. Died Or Killed In Prisoner Of War Status.


U.S., World War II American and Allied Prisoners of War, 1941-1946, lists a report date of August 3rd, 1944. Camp: Rennes Military Hospital Rennes France 48-01. Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases.


Name and Address of Next of Kin:


Elsie Legendre (Mother)

192 Lowell Street

Lawrence, Massachusetts


***I would like to thank Joris Brouard Find A Grave ID 50525403 for adding his photo of Emile and also updating DOB/DOD information on this memorial***


Suggested edit: Name: Emile Legendre

Gender: Male

Rank: Private First Class

Residence Place: Massachusetts

Type of Medal: Purple Heart

Service Number: 31061944

Military Unit: 24rd Engineer Battalion, 4th Armored Division

Military Branch: US Army

War: World War II

Death Date: 4 Aug 1944

Cemetery Plot Number: J

Cemetery Row: 13

Cemetery Section: Grave: 10

Cemetery: Brittany

Burial Place: St James Manche, France

Mother: Elsie Legendre

Contributor: Linda K (47400410) •


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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56350939/emile-legendre: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Emile Legendre (5 Nov 1918–4 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56350939, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).