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Note: 1 NOTE BADLY GASSED IN WW1. BURIAL: Jeff Smith's file shows Arlington National DEATH: Jeff Smith's file shows Baltimore BIOGRAPHY: Owned and operated a tailoring shop, which had to be tended when he went into Camp Meade service. per JKM... was in treatment at Vet Hospital, Ft. Howard, North Point, Baltimore... victim of mustard gas.... wounds that led to colostomy surgery... per Cullen.... Michael Stephen, brother to both your grandfather and my father, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, after spending many years in Veterans Hospitals at Perry Point and, later, at North Point; Manus, my dad Patrick, and I attended the funeral, which I remember chiefly because Manus made them open the coffin before interment so he could be satisfied that it was really Mike they were burying! - Mike was my godfather, and I remember him as a meticulous, dapper dresser, a tailor by trade, and a gruff, but caring, uncle - I have tried to determine the exact site of his grave, but unsuccessfully - Name: Michael S McGeady Race: white Address: 55 Decatur St., Cumberland, Allegany Co. Birth Place: Lonaconing, Md. Age: 23 yrs 6 mos Comment: Ind 11/21/17 pvt, Co F 313 Inf; Hq Co 60 Inf 2/6/18, Hon disch 7/28/19, Overseas 4/16/18 to 7/19/19, Anould Sector; St Die Sector; Villersen-Haye Sector; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne Maryland in the World War 1917-1919 Military and Naval Service Records In Two Volumes and Case of Maps Volume II Name: Michael Stephen McGeady Death Date: 03 Oct 1960 Death Place: Berkeley County, West Virginia Age at Death: 66y Birth Date: 24 May 1894 West Virginia Vital Research Records
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