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Personal info

Full name
CODY, Paul McKinley
Date of birth
1 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Sobol, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Choctaw County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38274823
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 15 21

Immediate family

Members
Joseph M. Cody (father)
Mollie L. (Poe) Cody (mother)
Flora L. Cody (sister)
Arlen D. Cody (brother)
Charles A. Cody (brother)
Donald Cody (brother)
Alice J. Cody (sister)
Jason Cody (brother)
William Cody (brother)
Kate E. Cody (sister)
Rufus J. Cody (brother)

More information

Pfc Cody enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 10 November 1942.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ronald, April Makerney (coordinator Choctaw County Oklahoma GenWeb project)