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Personal info

Full name
MCCORMICK, Richard J
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42014363
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Near Niederwürzbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 69

Immediate family

Members
Garrett F. McCormick (father)
Marjorie I. (Cattle) McCormick (mother)
Lillian McCormick (sister)
Marjorie McCormick (sister)
Edward McCormick (brother)
Thomas McCormick (brother)
Vincent McCormick (brother)
Maybell McCormick (sister)
Clara McCormick (wife)

More information

Pfc Richard J. McCormick attended high school for 4 years and was a general industry clerk before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 16 September 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cattle Family / 1930 Census / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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