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Personal info

Full name
MC KEE, William Newton Jr
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34821602
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 65

Immediate family

Members
William N. Mc Kee Sr. (father)
Martha J. (Mann) Mc Kee (mother)
Robert K. Mc Kee (brother)
Donald H. Mc Kee (brother)
Mildred (Kent) Mc Kee (wife)

More information

Pvt William N. Mc Kee Jr. attended Russell High School and worked for the Economy Auto Stores.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 21 May 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of 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 / Landrum Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Atlanta Constitution