- SURNAME
Degon
- FORENAME
Francis Robert
- UNIT
2 Bn (Green Combat Team)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
31284887
- AWARD
Bronze Star,Purple Heart
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Springfield,Hampden County,Massachusetts
born 8.10.1924 New York
son of Francis Albert Frank Dugas and Ida (nee Shortsleeve) Degon
3 years high school
machine shop worker in civilian life
enlisted 17.2.1943 Springfield,Massachusetts
WIA 30.6.1944 Burma
475 Infantry Regiment (Company F,2 Bn) 1944-45
achieved rank of Technician Fifth Grade
firefighter,Springfield Fire Department
married Irene Theresa Harriott (1926-2007) (5 children Nancy,Gail,Robert,Gerold and Carol)
died 2.6.2007 Chicopee,Massachusetts
Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery,Agawam,Hampden County,Masschusetts Section W6 Row C Site 23
born 8.10.1924 New York
son of Francis Albert Frank Dugas and Ida (nee Shortsleeve) Degon
3 years high school
machine shop worker in civilian life
enlisted 17.2.1943 Springfield,Massachusetts
WIA 30.6.1944 Burma
475 Infantry Regiment (Company F,2 Bn) 1944-45
achieved rank of Technician Fifth Grade
firefighter,Springfield Fire Department
married Irene Theresa Harriott (1926-2007) (5 children Nancy,Gail,Robert,Gerold and Carol)
died 2.6.2007 Chicopee,Massachusetts
Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery,Agawam,Hampden County,Masschusetts Section W6 Row C Site 23
