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Personal info

Full name
MCCLAY, Dean Elmore
Date of birth
12 October 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota
Hometown
Enumclaw, King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39216027
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bamberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 16 18

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. McClay (father)
Ada (Wiseman) McClay (mother)
Clayton McClay (brother)
Russell McClay (brother)
Aldon McClay (brother)
France McClay (sister)
Silvia McClay (sister)
Leona (Stephan) McClay (wife)

More information

Sgt Dean E. McClay attended high school for four years and was a metal worker employed by Guy F. Atkinson before he enlisted in Pullman, Washington on 18 November 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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