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Ocie B. McCurley

Private First Class, US Army

Service #34101014

Assigned to the
105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division
Pacific Theater of Operations

Died on July 9, 1944
On the Island of Saipan, See Note 1
Officially Listed as Killed In Action

Final Burial Location:
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
Winston County, Alabama, USA

FindAGrave.com Memorial 17655752

Awards:

Purple Heart
Medal

American Campaign
Service Medal

Asiatic-Pacific
Campaign Medal

World War II
Victory Medal

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
Purple Heart Awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Forces, after April 5, 1917, has been wounded, killed, or who has died or may hereafter die of wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Awarded for military service with the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

PFC McCurley was born September 1, 1914
and National Archive Records indicate he entered the US Army from
Alabama, Enlisting at Fort McClellan Alabama on April 8, 1941.

His loss is recorded in the
Alabama World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 27, Winston County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

Note 1: The death location, "Island of Saipan" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of PFC McCurley, this location was not verified by eyewitness statement or official After Action Report. Rescarching multiple online sources, this location was estimated based on:

A. The Find A Grave website lists his assigned unit as the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division and his date of death as 9 July 1944.

B. The general location of his unit, the 27th Infantry Division, on July 29, 194, was performing offensive operations on the Island of Saipan.

Anyone with a more specific location is welcomed and encouraged to submit an email to: ww2updates@withmilitaryhonors.com.

The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - See Note 2

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

34101014

NAME

MC CURLE OCIE B.

RESIDENCE: STATE

#1 - Undefined Code

RESIDENCE: COUNTY

133 - WINSTON

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

4130 - FT MCCLELLAN ALABAMA

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

4/8/1941 - April 8, 1941

GRADE, ALPHA

8 - Private

BRANCH: CODE

00 - Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

TERM OF ENLISTMENT

0 - Undefined Code

LONGEVITY

Undefined Code

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL

0 - Civil Life

NATIVITY

41 - ALABAMA

YEAR OF BIRTH

1913 - Actual: (9/10/1914) September 1, 1914

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP

1 - White, citizen

EDUCATION

0 - Grammar school

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION

831 - Unskilled sawmill occupations, n.e.c.

MARITAL STATUS

6 - Single, without dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY

7 - Selectees (Enlisted Men)

CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #

#, 0753, 1.270

Online Related Information:

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