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Personal info

Full name
RENNIE, George Mcarthur
Date of birth
16 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
6144017
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bissert, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 59

Immediate family

Members
William Rennie (father)
Elizabeth M. (McIntosh) Rennie (mother)
Mary M. Rennie (sister)
William A. Rennie (brother)
Anna B. (Laucius) Rennie (wife)
George F. Rennie (son)

More information

Pvt George M. Rennie attended high school for one year and was employed at the Pacific Mill before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 25 April 1944.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / McArthur Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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