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Personal info

Full name
MAY, Rex Gordon
Date of birth
26 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Hometown
Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36851665
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Pettoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 81

Immediate family

Members
Edwin P. May (father)
Erma G. (Dapper) May (mother)
Virginia May (sister)
Chrystal M. May (sister)
Francis May (brother)
Elaine M. May (sister)
Kenneth May (brother)
Pauline M. (Daugherty) May (wife)

More information

Pvt Rex G. May was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / May Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
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