PRIVATE RENE J. FONTAINE, 31449511 KIA US Army

PRIVATE RENE J. FONTAINE, 31449511 KIA US Army.  Private Fontaine attended the Haverhill public schools and Haverhill High School and later was employed in a local shoe factory. At the time of his enlistment, on September 29, 1944, he was working for the American Bosch Company, Providence, R. I., manufacturers of airplane parts. Private Fontaine was trained at Camp Fannin, Texas; Camp Stewart, Ga.; and Fort Ord, Cal. He went overseas with Company K, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division in February, 1944, and fought with the unit as a rifleman. On May 16, 1944, while his company was engaged in fierce fighting in the battle of Okinawa, Private Fontaine was killed in action. He is buried in a U. S. Army cemetery, south of Shuri, Okinawa, as of 1946. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fontaine, 171 Smith St., Edgewood, R. I., two sisters, and one brother.

PRIVATE RENE J. FONTAINE, 31449511 KIA US Army.  Private Fontaine attended the Haverhill public schools and Haverhill High School and later was employed in a local shoe factory. At the time of his enlistment, on September 29, 1944, he was working for the American Bosch Company, Providence, R. I., manufacturers of airplane parts. Private Fontaine was trained at Camp Fannin, Texas; Camp Stewart, Ga.; and Fort Ord, Cal. He went overseas with Company K, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division in February, 1944, and fought with the unit as a rifleman. On May 16, 1944, while his company was engaged in fierce fighting in the battle of Okinawa, Private Fontaine was killed in action. He is buried in a U. S. Army cemetery, south of Shuri, Okinawa, as of 1946. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fontaine, 171 Smith St., Edgewood, R. I., two sisters, and one brother.

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