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Personal info

Full name
MC GILLIVRAY, Frank W
Date of birth
28 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Hometown
Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36594168
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Müntz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 10 2

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Mc Gillivray (father)
Maude (Wakefield) Mc Gillivray (mother)
Leonard Jacox (stepfather)

More information

S/Sgt Frank W. Mc Gillivray joined his unit from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on 14 December 1944

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten in 28 February 1945. After being disinterred on 9 July 1948 and after the request of his mother that her son should permanently be buried at Margraten was received, he was given his final resting place on 14 or 24 February 1949 (date not clearly readable on the IDPF).

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Detroit Border Crossings, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet