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Personal info

Full name
MC BAIN, James Henry
Date of birth
20 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1059549
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Cherain, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 11 13

Immediate family

Members
Robert B. Mc Bain (father)
Elizabeth Mc Bain (mother)
Helen J. (Heasting) Mc Bain (wife)

More information

Lt. McBain was graduated from Camp Hill High School in 1931 and attended college for one year before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 28 January 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.newspapers.com – Harrisburg Telegraph, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Veterans Affairs Death File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com – Harrisburg Telegraph