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Personal info

Full name
MASSEY, George Wilburn
Date of birth
15 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia
Hometown
Hart County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34971647
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 35

Immediate family

Members
George W. Massey (father)
Vola (Lively) Massey (mother)
Thelma M. Massey (sister)
Benjamin Massey (brother)
Thomas E. Massey (brother)
Cecil W. Massey (sister)
Edna B. Massey (sister)
Pauline (Tenant) Massey (wife)
William C. Massey (son)
James W. Massey (son)

More information

Pfc George W. Massey worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 7 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ginn Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Governor Gordon Browning Museum
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