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Personal info

Full name
MC COY, Lawrence Otis Jr
Date of birth
24 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana
Hometown
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35247233
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Beggendorf-Baesweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 15 13

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence O. Mc Coy (father)
Mary M. (Turpen) Mc Coy (mother)
Shirley I. Mc Coy (sister)
Darold L Mc Coy (brother)
Keith Mc Coy (brother)
Lowell F. Mc Coy (brother)
Marilin Mc Coy (sister)
Eleanora E. (Sheets) Mc Coy (wife)
Marilyn M. Mc Coy (daughter)
Larry B. Mc Coy (son)
Charles H. Mc Coy (son)

More information

Pvt Lawrence Mc Coy Jr. enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 20 March 1944.

He was a mechanic before he enlisted. Private McCoy was a student of the Howard township school but was graduated from the Anderson High School. He was inducted into the service in March and received his overseas orders in August, 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - 2nd Armored Division, Drive to the Roer, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.newspapers.com - The Kokomo Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Anderson High School Yearbook 1936, www.ancestry.com - Mrs. L. Coleman-McCoy