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Personal info

Full name
MCDORMAN, Philip Edward
Date of birth
4 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Springfield, Clark County, Ohio
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35131022
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 9 57

Immediate family

Members
Paul McDorman Sr. (father)
Lois (Moon) McDorman (mother)
Hugh A. McDorman (brother)
Ruth P. McDorman (sister)
Paul McDorman Jr. (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Philip E. McDorman was a graduate of Fairview High School and was employed at the Standard Register Company before enlisted in October 1941. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was taken prisoner on 1 January 1945 and died in Stalag XII-A.

He is remembered at the Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Grave Hunter, www.newspapers.com – The Dayton Herald 14 May 1945/2 August 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam / Grave Hunter www.newspapers.com – The Dayton Herald 2 August 1945