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Personal info

Full name
PENDER, Michael Joseph
Date of birth
21 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35766360
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 1 22

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Pender (father)
Anna Pender (mother)
Anna F. Pender (sister)
Margaret Pender (sister)
Richard Pender (brother)

More information

Pfc Michael J. Pender graduated from John Hay High School in June 1942 and was employed at Parker Appliance Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 11 April 1943 and was sent overseas in June 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, John Hay High School - 1942 - courtesy of Cleveland Public Library, www.newspapers.com - The Cleveland Press - 7 February 1945