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Personal info

Full name
MCCARTHY, Gavin John
Date of birth
11 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36674207
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 October 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 7 10

Immediate family

Members
Martin S. McCarthy (father)
Helen M. (Gavin) McCarthy (mother)
Martin S. McCarthy Jr. (brother)
Nanette H. McCarthy (sister)
Deborah M. McCarthy (sister)
Vernon J. McCarthy (brother)

More information

Pfc Gavin J. McCarthy attended Lake Forest High School and Loyola Academy and was graduated from Loras Academy in June 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Gilmore Family Tree / Minnesota Birth Index, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Chicago Tribune Illinois 19 November 1944.
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Loyola Academy, Wilmette, Illinois Yearbook 1946, www.findagrave.com – Andy / Have Paws will travel