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MC KAY, Duane Miller - Date of
birth
19 June 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Kansas -
Hometown
Montgomery County, Kansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-551695 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
18 December 1944 - Place of
death
Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 4 | 55 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Peter M. Mc Kay (father)
Myrtle D. (Pierson) Mc Kay (mother)
Donald V. Mc Kay (brother)
More information
2nd Lt Duane M. Mc Kay enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 1 June 1942.Per Harold Allen: "I was with Lieutenant Mc Kay and others to the right into small trees. We were looking right up the barrel of that big 88. I really figured that was the end. Two men got up in front of us and Lieutenant Mc Kay called to them. They immediately hit the ground. They were German but had on GI overcoats, one could very well have been mine. Lieutenant Mc Kay threw a hand grenade at them. After a couple minutes Lieutenant Mc Kay told us to stay put, that he was going on the other side of the road to try to get a bazooka team up there to knock out the tank. I never heard any details except that he had been killed."
Source of information: Maxime Noel, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - McKay Family Tree, www.battleofbulgememories.de - Harold Allen
Photo source: Maxime Noel, www.findagrave.com - Cousette Copeland