George Maze Day was born in Norma, Tennessee. He was the son of Obediah Dyer Day and Flora Shannon. The family moved to Clearfield in Utah in 1942, as defense workers. Pvt. Day attended school in Tennessee and had been overseas only a short time when he was killed in action in Germany.

  • Rank: Private
  • Date of birth:
  • 21 July 1925
  • Date of death: 23 November 1944
  • County: Scott
  • Hometown: Norma
  • Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
  • Division/Assignment: 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division
  • Theater: Europe
  • Conflict: World War II
  • Awards: Purple Heart
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Hutson Cemetery, Norma, Scott County, TN
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar XVII, Top Panel
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