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Personal info

Full name
EVANS, Michael Woodson
Date of birth
11 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky
Hometown
Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38699665
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Uckerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 46

Immediate family

Members
Columbus S. Evans (father)
Elsie M. Evans (mother)
Orville Evans (brother)
Cecil Evans (brother)
Lucille Evans (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Michael W. Evans enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 13 May 1944.
In private life he was married and a skilled welder/flame cutter.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach