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Personal info

Full name
MC COY, George Murl
Date of birth
8 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Sioux Pass, Richland County, Montana
Hometown
Spokane County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39204318
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Near Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 54

Immediate family

Members
Vodra C. Mc Coy (father)
Carrie Mc Coy (mother)
Clyde Mc Coy (brother)
Glen Mc Coy (brother)
Cecil Mc Coy (brother)
Orley Mc Coy (brother))
Stanie Mc Coy (brother)
Eileen H. (Marshall) Mc Coy (wife)

More information

George M. Mc Coy graduated from the Sidney High School with the class of 1939. He attended billings Polytechnic institute at Billings, Montana from 1939 to 1941. He worked in the Boeing Aircraft factory at Seattle from the summer of 1941 until he entered the U.S. Army on 17 March, 1943. He was sent overseas in September, 1944.

Pvt George M. Mc Coy was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block TT, Row 1, Grave 3.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Sidney Herald 25 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Sidney Herald 25 January 1945, www.ancestry.com - Sidney High School 1937