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Personal info

Full name
MCCARTHY, Daniel J
Date of birth
3 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
1320756
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 91

Immediate family

Members
Daniel J. McCarthy Sr. (father)
Dorothy E. (Scanlon) McCarthy (mother)
Catherine McCarthy (sister)
Veronica McCarthy (sister)
Florence McCarthy (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Daniel J. McCarthy was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York, New York Birth Index, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
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