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Personal info

Full name
MACIAG, Sidney S
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32928240
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 6

Immediate family

Members
Michael Maciag (father)
Helen Maciag (mother)
Ann Maciag (sister)
Edward Maciag (brother)
Aniela Maciag (sister)
Helen Maciag (sister)
Stella Maciag (sister)

More information

T/5 Sidney S. Maciag graduated from Bayonne Junior High School and attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel School before he was employed by the Atlas Steel Barre Co.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 17 June 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

His brother Edward served in the Pacific Theater of Operations where he was wounded in action and fully recovered. Also another brother served during the war.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, Jersey Journal 12 February 1945
Photo source: Jersey Journal 12 February 1945