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Personal info

Full name
PARLAG, Michael John
Date of birth
17 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Military service

Service number
42179604
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 43 9

Immediate family

Members
Michael Parlag (father)
Clara (Drotos) Parlag (mother)
Elizabeth Parlag (sister)
Clara Parlag (sister)
Irene Parlag (sister)

More information

Pvt Michael J. Parlag attended high school for two years and was a production worker employed by the S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Co.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 28 August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the abdomen.

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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