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Personal info

Full name
MADAY, Frank
Date of birth
9 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
20230615
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Denting, East of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 52

Immediate family

Members
Marcin Maday (father)
Helen (Kusnierczak) Maday (mother)
Sophie Maday (sister)
Mary Maday (sister)
Iggy Maday (brother)
John Maday (brother)
Bernice Maday (sister)
Stella Maday (sister)
Rose Maday (sister)
Boleslaus Maday (brother)

More information

Pvt Frank Maday joined the Regular Army in Niagara Falls, New York on 16 September 1940.
He attended 1 year of high school and was a motor vehicle mechanic before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the U.S. Temporary Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1925/1930/1940 Census / Maday Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - L. Maddison Maday