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Personal info

Full name
MC GEE, George Ephraim
Date of birth
19 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Hometown
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34058629
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Halenfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 10 64

Immediate family

Members
George E. Mc Gee (father)
Anna (Jenkins) Mc Gee (mother)
Thomas W. Mc Gee (brother)
Harry Mc Gee (brother)
Claude Mc Gee (brother)
Hilda G. Mc Gee (sister)
Harold J. Mc Gee (brother)
Jessie A. (Duckwall) Mc Gee (wife)
George E. Mc Gee III (son)

More information

T/Sgt George E. Mc Gee graduated from Saratosa High School and worked in a laboratory as a technician.

He enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 12 November 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / Various Family Trees / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Registration Card, www.newspaperarchive.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Saratosa High School yearbook 1940