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Personal info

Full name
MCCABE, Dick
Date of birth
2 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Dove Creek, Dolores County, Colorado
Hometown
Dove Creek, Dolores County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37352907
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Jallaucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 32 18

Immediate family

Members
James McCabe (father)
Jessie P. (Crapo) McCabe (mother)
Mary A. McCabe (sister)
James H. McCabe (brother)
Wilma (Wright) McCabe (wife)

More information

Sgt Dick McCabe was a livestock farmer before he enlisted in Pueblo, Colorado on 16 September 1942.

He was first buried in the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman / Ginger Tracy
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ginger Tracy