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Personal info

Full name
MCDONAGH, Bernard C
Date of birth
26 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35925798
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Near Winden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 10 17

Immediate family

Members
William C. McDonagh (father)
Mary McDonagh (mother)
Alice McDonagh (sister)
Pauline J. (Martin) McDonagh (wife)

More information

Pvt Bernard C. McDonagh was employed at the Atlas Hard Chrome Service before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 8 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Fleming Family Tree / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam