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Personal info

Full name
FAY, Kent
Date of birth
7 September 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Arlington, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-286301
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Function
unknown
Unit
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
5th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 August 1944
Place of death
Rully, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 11

Immediate family

Members
Clarence F. Fay (father)
Maybelle E. Fay (mother)
Dorothy E. Fay (sister)
Virginia M. Fay (sister)
Roberta M. Fay (sister)
Mildred S. Fay (wife)
Judith Fay (daughter)
Joanne Fay (daughter)
Jan Fay (daughter)

More information

Lt Col Fay was in an armored car 50 miles outside of Paris, leading reconnaissance troops on a drive to the Belgian border when they met German rear guard infantry troops and anti-tank guns.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree / 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / US Passport application, www.lonesentry.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michel Beckers / Andy / US Passport application