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Personal info

Full name
LACEY, Paul J
Date of birth
15 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Perry County, Ohio
Hometown
New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35033068
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 3 6

Immediate family

Members
Jesse F. Lacey (father)
Mary Elizabeth (Ryan) Lacey (mother)
Betty J. Lacey (sister)
Margaret M. ( Dreese) Lacy (wife)

More information

Pvt Paul J. Lacey enlisted at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 12 May 1941.

He was married to Margaret Mary Dreese on 11 September 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 / Headstone and Interment Record

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