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Personal info

Full name
MCGAHEY, Francis
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Dafter Township, Chippewa County, Michigan
Hometown
Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36403728
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sibret, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 4 10

Immediate family

Members
Johnson McGahey (father)
Beatrice E. (Gilroy) McGahey (mother)
Treva E. McGahey (sister)
Edith E. McGahey (sister)
Morris L. McGahey (brother)
Melburn C. McGahey (brother)
Keith McGahey (brother)
Ross E. McGahey (brother)
Joyce E. McGahey (sister)
Luella (Purdy) McGahey (wife)
Barbara Ann McGahey (daughter)

More information

Sgt Francis McGahey was married to Luella Purdy on 20 February 1942.

He was employed at the Northwestern Leather company before he enlisted in Marquette, Michigan on 9 October 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, After action report 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, The Evening News - 31 January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Evening News - 31 January 1945