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Personal info

Full name
MCCUISTON, George Newton
Date of birth
11 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee
Hometown
Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
7008477
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 57

Immediate family

Members
George N. McCuiston (father)
Caroline McCuiston (mother)
Elijah B. McCuiston (brother)
Darius H. McCuiston (brother)
Thomas L. McCuiston (brother)
Naomi A. McCuiston (sister)
Bessie A. McCuiston (sister)
Bertha C. McCuiston (sister)
Josephine McCuiston (wife)
Freddie J. McCuiston (daughter)

More information

T/5 George N. McCuiston Jr. attended schools in Dayton, Tennessee before he joined the Regular Army on 12 January 1940. He was sent overseas in October 1943.

He was killed by machine gun fire in the chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - D. E. McCuiston, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Chattanooga Daily Times 8 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Chattanooga Daily Times 8 April 1945