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Personal info

Full name
MC COLLEY, Norman Elsworth
Date of birth
17 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Wabach County, Indiana
Hometown
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35899589
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Strass, Hürtgen Forest,, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 54

Immediate family

Members
Emerson Mc Colley (father)
Marjorie S. (Wheatly) Mc Colley (mother)
Helen P. Mc Colley (sister)
Herman E. Mc Colley (brother)
Lavada Mc Colley (sister)
Ruth M. Mc Colley (sister)
Jeannette E. (Calvin) Mc Colley (wife)
Thomas N. Mc Colley (son)

More information

Pfc Norman E. Mc Colley was a manager for the South Bend Lathe Works.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 24 November 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report, www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph, The South Bend Tribune 6 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The South Bend Tribune 6 January 1945