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Personal info

Full name
MC GINITY, James John
Date of birth
26 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Albany, Albany County, New York
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39165098
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
B Company,
612th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edward C. Mc Ginity (father)
Mary J. (Dwyer) Mc Ginity (mother)
Edward Mc Ginity (brother)
Paul Mc Ginity (brother)
Margaret Mc Ginity (sister)

More information

Pfc James J. Mc Ginity enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 9 October 1941.

On 17 December 1944, together with the medics T/4 Michael Kardos and Pvt Robert Farley, he was taken prisoner by the medical detachment of Kampfgruppe Peiper of the 1st SS Panzerdivision Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler at Honsfeld. They were never seen again. Only the body of Michael Kardos was found. He is buried at the American Military Cemetery of Luxembourg.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Family Tree, www.tankdestroyer.net, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com