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Personal info

Full name
GRAVES, Malcolm George "Mal"
Date of birth
4 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Plainview, Hale County, Texas
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39294349
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 12

Immediate family

Members
Malcolm L. Graves (father)
Nancy C. (Hunt) Graves (mother)
Lottie M. Graves (sister)
Lethia R. Graves (sister)

More information

Pvt Malcolm G. Graves attended high school for four years and was a mechanic and repairman of motor vehicles before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 17 April 1943.

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 / Full Tree Morgan, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - AMRinPhoenix