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Personal info

Full name
MCDERMOTT, Michael Jerry
Date of birth
19 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
Hometown
Leadville, Lake County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37702915
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Jenneville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 9 20

Immediate family

Members
Michael McDermott (father)
Rosa McDermott (mother)
Adam McDermott (brother)
Francis McDermott (brother)
Donald J. McDermott (brother)
Rosa McDermott (sister)
Robert McDermott (brother)
James McDermott (brother)

More information

Pfc Michael J. McDermott enlisted in Denver, Colorado 10 July 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, 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 / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: Jac Engels