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PVT Hubert Wall McKelvey

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PVT Hubert Wall McKelvey

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
2 Jul 1944 (aged 23)
France
Burial
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA
Plot
Block 36, Lot 47
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Hubert Wall McKelvey was killed in action in France during World War II. He enlisted in the Army on Jan. 4, 1943, leaving behind a young wife, Marjorie Lucille Parker McKelvey, whom he had married on Jan. 5, 1940 in Madison County, Alabama. He was a private in the 104th Medical Battalion, 29th Infantry Division. In 1945 the War Dept. amended General Order #303 which entitled the Battalion to bear on its colors, streamers with inscription as follows:
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe

The Battalion was also awarded the French Croix de Guerre for its part in the landings at Omaha Beach 6 June 1944.
Hubert Wall McKelvey was killed in action in France during World War II. He enlisted in the Army on Jan. 4, 1943, leaving behind a young wife, Marjorie Lucille Parker McKelvey, whom he had married on Jan. 5, 1940 in Madison County, Alabama. He was a private in the 104th Medical Battalion, 29th Infantry Division. In 1945 the War Dept. amended General Order #303 which entitled the Battalion to bear on its colors, streamers with inscription as follows:
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe

The Battalion was also awarded the French Croix de Guerre for its part in the landings at Omaha Beach 6 June 1944.

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