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Personal info

Full name
MC KIE, Marvin B
Date of birth
12 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Abbeville, Wilcox County, Georgia
Hometown
Wilcox County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34570239
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Near Erkelenz and Boslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Van Buren Mc Kie (father)
Lillie M. (Bolden) Mc Kie (mother)
E. Mozelle Mc Kie (sister)
Marvin B. Mc Kie (brother)
Robert D. Mc Kie (brother)
Gladys R. Mc Kie (sister)

More information

Marvin enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 31 October 1942.

He served in France and Germany for 3 years with the 102nd Ozark Division and was killed in action after heavy battles near Erkelenz and Boslar, Germany.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Ava McKie