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Personal info

Full name
MC GUIRE, Patrick Joseph
Date of birth
21 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32057278
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 October 1944
Place of death
Near Raffelsbrand, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 39

Immediate family

Members
James Mc Guire (father)
Catherine Mc Guire (mother)
Anna Mc Guire (sister)
James Mc Guire (brother)
Catherine Mc Guire (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Patrick J. Mc Guire was a car washer before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 23 January 1941.

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 / 1930/1940 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Frederic Blais