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Personal info

Full name
WALLACE, Michael Joseph
Date of birth
9 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20101656
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Moyenvic, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 12

Immediate family

Members
Martin M. Wallace (father)
Mary (Hogan) Wallace (mother)
Martin E. Wallace (brother)
Mary (Nutley) Wallace (wife)

More information

Pfc Michael J. Wallace attended high school for four years before he joined the National Guard in Norwood, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

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 / Massachusetts Birth Records / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Hogan Keady Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe Massachusetts 1 November 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe Massachusetts 1 November 1945