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Personal info

Full name
MAC LACHLAN, Alexander McColl
Date of birth
3 August 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31447950
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 27 15

Immediate family

Members
Donald M. Mac Lachlan (father)
Hannah (Mc Neilage) Mac Lachlan (mother)
Eli Mac Lachlan (brother)
Donald M. Mac Lachlan (brother)
Thomas B. Mac Lachlan (brother)
Wallace Mac Lachlan (brother)
Douglas Mac Lachlan (brother)
Jessie Mac Lachlan (sister)
Mary B. Mac Lachlan (sister)
Anna Mac Lachlan (sister)
Margaret Mac Lachlan (sister)
Lily B. Mac Lachlan (sister)
Evelyn M. (Hoyle) Mac Lachlan (wife)

More information

Pfc Alexander M. Mac Lachlan was a janitor before he enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 23 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Duggan Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – D Hofelich