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Personal info

Full name
MCFARLAND, George Frederick
Date of birth
17 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
Hometown
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36171516
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 April 1945
Place of death
Capartice, Czechoslovakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 10 17

Immediate family

Members
Edward E. McFarland (father)
Delina R. McFarland (mother)
Dorothy F. McFarland (sister)
Bernice P. McFarland (sister)
Joseph E. McFarland (brother)
Gertrude A. McFarland (sister)
Elmer L. McFarland (brother)
James C. McFarland (brother)
Irene M. McFarland (sister)
Elaina M. McFarland (sister)
Therese S. McFarland (sister)
Kenneth F. McFarland (brother)
Mary L. McFarland (sister)
Walter McFarland (brother)
Dorothy A. (Sims) McFarland (wife)

More information

T/5 George F. McFarland was a bartender before he enlisted in Fort Custer, Michigan, on 11 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Stephanie’s Family Tree
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