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Personal info

Full name
MCCONNELL, Philip W
Date of birth
4 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Newark, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42088161
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
6 May 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 13 4

Immediate family

Members
Philip M. McConnell (father)
Elizabeth (Archibald) McConnell (mother)
Mildred McConnell (sister)
Rose McConnell (wife)
Philip J. McConnell (son)

More information

Pvt. Philip W. McConnell was a chauffeur before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 13 March 1944. He attended 3 years of high school and enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record - 1942-1949 / Neglia Eineher Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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