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Personal info

Full name
MICHAEL, Maurice Otho
Date of birth
7 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Medley, Grant, West Virginia
Hometown
Romney Hampshire County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35509759
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 13 6

Immediate family

Members
Carl Michael (father)
Frances A. (Kline) Michael (mother)
Raymond Michael (brother)
Boyd Michael (brother)
Pauline Michael (sister)
Arlena Michael (sister)
Margarete Michael (sister)
Nellie Michael (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Maurice O. Michael worked for the Coffman Fisher Company before he enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 5 September 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on the same day he died.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - West Virginia Births Index / 1940 Census, http://www.fallennotforgotten.nl/Story00027htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred