US PARAS Bay, John Oscar

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bay ​

• FORENAME

John Oscar​

• UNIT

501 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

16095339 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

3rd January 1945 ​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Riverside Cemetery, Ironwood, Michigan, USA. Block 46, Lot 43​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Waukesha County, Wisconsin​

born 25.07.1923, Ironwood, Michigan, USA​

father Henry Kastono Bay (1889-1942)​

mother Anna W. (nee Hill) Bay (1899-1974)​

2 years high school​

attended Luther L. Wright High School​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

30.06.1942 draft card Waukesha, Wisconsin (draft card shows D.O.B. 18.07.1923)​

01.09.1942 entered service Milwaukee, Wisconsin​

09.1944 WIA​

11.1944 released from hospital​

KIA Belgium ​

posthumous Bronze Star (presented to mother 1948)​

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