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Personal info

Full name
MC NAMARA, John Raymond
Date of birth
7 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11113978
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 12 45

Immediate family

Members
Francis Mc Namara (father)
Anna G. Mc Namara (mother)
Francis J. Mc Namara (brother)
Paul Mc Namara (brother)
William Mc Namara (brother)
Walter Mc Namara (brother)

More information

Pvt John R. Mc Namara volunteered for the US Army in Boston, Massachusetts on 24 October 1942.

Pvt Mc Namara has three brothers in the service, Pvt Paul, serving in France, Pfc William in Hawai and Seaman Walter Mc Namara at Sampson Naval Training station.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - The Lowell Sun / Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.archives.gov

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Lowell Sun, www.ancestry.com - Jane McNamara