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Personal info

Full name
MC DONNELL, Bernard
Date of birth
16 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Arteaga, Michoacan, Mexico
Hometown
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38680956
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dortmund, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 10 13

Immediate family

Members
Bernard Mc Donnell (father)
Dimas (Mesino) Mc Donnell (mother)
Edward Mc Donnell (brother)
Henry Mc Donnell (brother)
Eleanor Mc Donnell (sister)

More information

Pvt Bernard McDonnell graduated from Brackenridge High School and was employed by the San Antonio Light newspaper.

He enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on 25 August 1944 and was overseas for only six months when he was killed in action..

His brothers, Pvt Henry McDonnell, a paratrooper, and S/Sgt Edward McDonnell, also served during WWII in the European Theatre.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#3, Frances Marroquin, Mark McDonnell and Henry McDonnell, Jr. (niece and nephews), Ancestry.com - Michoacan, Mexico Civil Registration Births, San Antonio Light - 19 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mc Donnell Family Tree - Frances Marroquin, U.S. School Yearbooks Brackenridge High School 1944, San Antonio, Texas.