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John Lindsay FLORANT
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Source : Lynn Prettyman (Ancestry) | |||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 34054426 | ||||||
| AGE | 22 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14 June 1922 Narberth, Montgomery County, PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Epouse : Ernestine ODOM Fille : Mary Lynn Parents : Martha & William FLORANT | ||||||
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| FONCTION | Paratroopers | ||||||
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| BATTALION | 550th Infantry Airborne Battalion | ||||||
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| DATE OF DEATH | 15 August 1944 |
Source : Andy | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
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| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Draguignan N°3519 | ||||||
| CEMETERY | RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan | ||||||
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| DECORATION & BREVET |
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| STORY | |||||||
| PVT. JOHN FLORANT KILLED IN FRANCE Pvt. John L. Florant, 22, of Philadelphia, Pa., who was serving with an airborne infantry division overseas, died of injuries received in action in southern France on August 15, according to a message from the War department received Friday by his wife, Mrs. Ernestine Odom of Lumberton, formerly of St. Pauls. Pvt. Florant had been overseas since last April, serving in Sicily and Italy, and had received his boots and wings as a paratrooper in Sicily. He received his training at Fort Benning, Ga., where he attended cooks and bakers school, at Fort Bragg and the Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air base, where he was in glider infantry, and in South Dakota. He entered service 3 years ago. It was one of Pvt. Florant's hopes that he might be able to visit his paternal grandparents who live in Italy and whom he had never seen; but he had not been able to do so at the time of his death. He was born in Philadelphia on June 14, 1922, so of Mr. and Mrs. William Florant. Surviving are his wife and 14-month-old daughter, Mary Lynn, of Lumberton; his parents and one brother, James, of Philadelphia; and his grandparents. Mrs. Florant is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Odom of Lumberton, formerly of St. Pauls. | |||||||
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Source : Ancestry | |||||||
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Source : Ancestry | |||||||
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Source : Christopher Ferguson |
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Source : Ancestry | |||||||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Weremember.abmc.gov - Ancestry - Ww2-airborne.us |
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| EDITORS | Victor, Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |