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Personal info

Full name
MC BRIDE, Francis James
Date of birth
12 October 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33812025
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Malmedy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 15

Immediate family

Members
John Mc Bride (father)
Alice Mc Bride (mother)
Leo Mc Bride (brother)
Raymond Mc Bride (brother)
Edward Mc Bride (brother)
Margaret (Tanzola) Mc Bride (wife)
Alice Mc Bride (daughter)
Francis Mc Bride (son)
Katherine Mc Bride (daughter)
William Mc Bride (son)

More information

Pvt Francis J. Mc Bride enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 28 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Bill Mc Bride, 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 / Petersen Jr. Family Tree, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet - Bill Mc Bride