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Personal info

Full name
MC GUIRE, Edward Arthur
Date of birth
16 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42102708
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Langlire, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 15

Immediate family

Members
Edward P. Mc Guire (father)
Alice R. Mc Guire (mother)
Francis Mc Guire (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward A. Mc Guire graduated from St. John's High School.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 20 December 1943.

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

At the time of his death his brother was training to become a bombardier in the Air Corps.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report, The Herald News 7 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet