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Personal info

Full name
MCCLAY, James Howard
Date of birth
31 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Oakdale, Washington County, Illinois
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36111131
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James R. McClay (father)
Margaret G. (McConnell) McClay (mother)
Grace E. McClay (sister)
Bess A. McClay (sister)
Bernice I. McClay (sister)
Genevieve E. McClay (sister)
Mildred McClay (sister)
Georgia A. McClay (sister)
Wilmer H. McClay (brother)
Virginia F. McClay (sister)

More information

S/Sgt James H. McClay attended college for three years and was employed by the Detroit National Garage before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 17 April 1941.

He is remembered at the Oakdale Cemetery in Oakdale, Washington County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Torrens Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Sue Mac / Kathryn Todd, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Sue Mac / Myron Mugele