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Personal info

Full name
MAY, Michael J
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20101489
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 29 19

Immediate family

Members
James F. May (father)
Cecelia (Haran) May (mother)
James May (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Michael J. May attended high school for four years and was a clerk before he joined the National Guard in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe 28 November 1944
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