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Personal info

Full name
MAC KAY, George Elsmere
Date of birth
17 July 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31429649
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 32 14

Immediate family

Members
Murdock Mac Kay (father)
Eleanor B. (Hayes) Mac Kay (mother)
Allan H. Mac Kay (brother)
Evan R. Mac Kay (brother)
Murdock B. Mac Kay (brother)
Nelson Mac Kay (brother)
Herman Mac Kay (brother)
Jean B. Mac Kay (sister)
Ruth M. (Newell) Mac Kay (wife)

More information

Pfc George E. Mac Kay attended 4 years of college before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 6 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sparrow Family Tree / New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records, http://www.45thdivision.org
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