Michael A. Drury

Corporal Michael Anton Drury grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Stark

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Corporal

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
155th Airborne Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
Coast Artillery Corps

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
17th Airborne Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Medals and Honors:

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. 

Memorial photo 87483115

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave