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Personal info

Full name
MC CAY, James Lennereau
Date of birth
16 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Berkeley County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
33035303
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grosskampenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 55

Immediate family

Members
Augustus W. Mc Cay (father)
Lula E. Mc Cay (mother)
Lela Mc Cay (sister)
Louis Mc Cay (brother)
Plowden Mc Cay (brother)
John Mc Cay (brother)
Augustus Mc Cay (brother)
Dorothy L. (Schran) Mc Cay (wife)

More information

Sgt James L. Mc Cay enlisted in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania on 1 April 1941.
He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy Cemetery, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, Pennsylvania / Veteran Compensation Application Files

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hannah Majewski - Tammy M. Tanner, The CUB of the Golden Lion, January/February 1953