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Personal info

Full name
MCKAGEN, Francis Atkins
Date of birth
15 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36897078
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Chaumont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 62

Immediate family

Members
George P. McKagen (father)
Marion (Atkins) McKagen (mother)
Anna L. McKagen (sister)
Marjorie I. (Holland) McKagen (wife)
Kathleen McKagen (daughter)

More information

Pfc Francis A. McKagen was married to Marjorie Irene Holland on 23 March 1940 in Detroit, Michigan. He worked for the American Twist Drill Co.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / Cara Reid Family Tree, https://www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press - 20 January 1945, http://valor.militarytimes.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery