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Personal info

Full name
MCDUFFEE, Wayne Thompson
Date of birth
28 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31237732
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Near Zerf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 83

Immediate family

Members
Walter C. McDuffee (father)
Lillian F. (Thompson) McDuffee (mother)
Vaughan F. McDuffee (brother)
Inez F. McDuffee (sister)
Bessie E. McDuffee (wife)

More information

T/5 Wayne T. McDuffee Sommerville High School for four years and was a photographer before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 3 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments crushing his body.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe 2 April 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Somerville