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Personal info

Full name
MC MAHEN, Dewey Wayne
Date of birth
unknown
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Columbia County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38503194
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lendersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 5 39

Immediate family

Members
Rowe G. Mc Mahen (father)
Esther F. Mc Mahen (mother)
Dixie G. Mc Mahen (sister)
Gene R. Mc Mahen (brother)
Frances E. Mc Mahen (sister)
Scott Mc Mahen (brother)
Charles Mc Mahen (brother)

More information

Dewey W. Mc Mahen attended Magnolia A & M college before he enlisted in February 1942. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He joined his unit form the 86th Replacement Battalion on 18 July 1944.

He was seriously wounded on 17 December and died two days later.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report, The Shreveport Journal - 13 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet