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Personal info

Full name
MC NEILL, Hugh
Date of birth
20 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Northern Ireland
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1178892
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 5 23

Immediate family

Members
George McNeill (father)
Nellie V. McNeill (mother)
Jean McNeill (sister)
Eleanor McNeill (sister)
Margaret McNeill (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Hugh Mc Neill graduated from East High School. He was employed by the Cramer Drug Company.

He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 21 August 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett,www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle