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Personal info

Full name
MCCLAIN, Larue Chester
Date of birth
21 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Starkey, Yates County, New York

Military service

Service number
42026650
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vic-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 25 24

Immediate family

Members
Archie A. McClain (father)
Almeda A. (Lewis) McClain (mother)
Robert S. McClain (brother)
Archie L. McClain (brother)
Harry McClain (brother)
Marie K. McClain (sister)
Charlotte (Sloan) McClain (wife)
Sandra McClain (daughter)
Richard McClain (son)
Thomas McClain (son)

More information

Pvt Larue C. McClain worked on a farm before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 8 November 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

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 / 1940 Census / Mathews Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – Star Gazette 16 November 1944

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