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Personal info

Full name
MCCLEAN, James Vincent
Date of birth
30 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32163017
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Avricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 7

Immediate family

Members
Joseph McClean (father)
Gertrude McClean (mother)
Joseph McClean (brother)
Mary A. McClean (sister)
John A. McClean (brother)
Alice McClean (sister)
Florence R. McClean (sister)
Thomas McClean (brother)
Walter McClean (brother)
Margarite McClean (sister)
Robert J. McClean (brother)

More information

T/Sgt James V. McClean attended high school for four years and was a clerk before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 31 July 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his leg and lumbosacral region.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy