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Personal info

Full name
SALEEM, Michael Abraham
Date of birth
19 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Myers, Tompkins County, New York
Hometown
Lansing, Tompkins County, New York

Military service

Service number
42024159
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
Grandvillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 9 60

Immediate family

Members
Abraham Saleem (father)
Atina (Musa) Saleem (mother)
Mary Saleem (sister)
Scandera Saleem (sister)
Martha Saleem (sister)
Samuel Saleem (brother)

More information

Pvt Michael A. Saleem graduated from Ludlowville High School in 1943 and was employed at International Salt Company.

He enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 3 September 1943 and was sent overseas in February 1944. He fought in Italy and the invasion of Southern France.

He was killed in the German counterattack conducted by the 111th Panzer Grenadiers of the 11th Panzer Division through the Mortagne Forest and Hill 484 to the west of Grandvillers.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kirk Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Ithaca Journal New York 7 November 1944