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Personal info

Full name
MC GIRL, James E
Date of birth
5 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31446655
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 37 46

Immediate family

Members
John Mc Girl (father)
Alice Mc Girl (mother)
Thomas Mc Girl (brother)
Arthur Mc Girl (brother)
Caroline Mc Girl (sister)
Alice Mc Girl (sister)
John Mc Girl (brother)
Fred Mc Girl (brother)
Ernest Mc Girl (brother)
Mary Mc Girl (sister)
Dorothy J. Mc Girl (wife)
Alice Mc Girl (daughter)

More information

Pvt James E. Mc Girl enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 5 November 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Rhode Island Births

Photo source: Peter Schouteten