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Personal info

Full name
MCCURDY, Claude E
Date of birth
1 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33513270
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Scheidgen, Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 5 24

Immediate family

Members
Allen F. McCurdy (father)
Annie McCurdy (mother)
Arthur McCurdy (brother)
Susan McCurdy (sister)
Robert McCurdy (brother)
Catharine McCurdy (half sister)
Edna (Boyd) McCurdy (wife)
Sandra K. McCudry (daughter)

More information

Pfc Claude E. McCurdy attended high school for four years.

He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 19 July 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / US WWII Draft Cards young Men, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Evening News - www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Joel Frampton Gilfert