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Personal info

Full name
MAGILL, James Phineas II
Date of birth
5 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13096733
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 February 1945
Place of death
Near Schwammenauel Dam, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 8

Immediate family

Members
Walter H. Magill (father)
Josephine A. (Andrews) Magill (mother)
Eleanor E. Magill (sister)
Charles A. Magill (brother)
Jean A. Magill (sister)
Arthur A. Magill (brother)
Donald A. Magill (brother)
Lincoln C. Magill (brother)
Dorothea L. (Chandler) Magill (wife)

More information

Sgt James P. Magill II enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 2 July 1942.

He graduated from Haveford College in 1942 where he excelled in sports and served as captain of the football team. He worked in manufacture of automobiles.

He was first buried at Block NNN, Row 7, Grave 137.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – James L. Cooper, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Thomas Family Tree / 1930 Census / Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / James L. Cooper