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Personal info

Full name
MONTANYA, Mailan Samuel
Date of birth
14 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Blooming Grove, Orange County, New York
Hometown
Washingtonville, Orange County, New York

Military service

Service number
42065712
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 15

Immediate family

Members
Mailan A. Montanya (father)
Katherine (Judson) Montanya (mother)
Gertrude M. Montanya (sister)
Otto E. Montanya (brother)
Marie (Reyns) Montanya (wife)
Joan Montanya (daughter)

More information

Sgt Mailan S. Montanya worked on a farm before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 12 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Eckman Warren Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy