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Personal info

Full name
MAKI, Tauno Emil
Date of birth
29 December 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Muskegon Heights, Muskegon County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36195958
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
East of Forêt de Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 63

Immediate family

Members
Reino G. Lagerquist (foster father)
Hilda E. Lagerquist (foster mother)

More information

Pfc Taumo E. Maki was a driver before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 30 March 1942.

He was reported wounded in action on 28 September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his skull.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Richard Mullaly