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Personal info

Full name
MC RAE, Allen Bruce
Date of birth
26 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37594697
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Grosshau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 18 44

Immediate family

Members
Vazdeberg Mc Rae (father)
Ivah (Wooddell) Mc Rae (mother)
Iva Mc Rae (wife)
Michael B. Mc Rae (son)

More information

Pvt Allen B. Mc Rae enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 11 May 1944. Overseas for only one month, he received his preliminary training at Camp Fannin, Texas.
He attended high school for 2 years and was employed by Northern Pump Co.

He was the only son of Mrs. Lila Mc Rae and besides his wife he is survived by a son, Michael Bruce, 2 1/2 years old.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Birth Index, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune