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GENE R. DEFOIL


(courtesy Janet Jones)

Grave marker for Gene R. DeFoil, Ashland Cemetery, Ashland (Saunders county), Nebraska.

Gene enlisted in the Army at Fort Crook, NE on 23 July 1942.  A parachutist volunteer, Pvt DeFoil was assigned to Service Company, 508th PIR at Camp Blanding, FL.

On 30 August 1943, he was appointed to the grade of Tech/5, a grade which he held for the remainder of the war.

T/5 DeFoil was discharged on 20 December 1945.

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