Michael A. Drury

Corporal Michael Anton Drury grave marker photo

World War II (WWII)
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Fallen

County:
Stark

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Corporal
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
    155th Airborne Battalion
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    Coast Artillery Corps
    Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
    17th Airborne Division
    Major Battle/Theatre:
    European African Middle Eastern Theater
    Conflicts Served:
    World War II (WWII)

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Belgium

Biography:

Michael Anton Drury was born in Adams County, North Dakota on October 31, 1923, to Cyril L Drury and Edna Hildora Burwick. He resided in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota when he entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on April 10, 1943. Corporal Drury served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and was killed in action on January 5, 1945, in Belgium. He is buried in Block 2, Lot 4, Grave 7, Section J-1 in St Patrick's Cemetery, Dickinson, North Dakota. 

Corporal Michael Anton Drury grave marker photo

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave