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Personal info

Full name
MCFADYEN, Neil
Date of birth
17 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16174382
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 33 30

Immediate family

Members
Neil W. McFadyen (father)
Fredrike McFadyen (mother)
Quintin McFadyen (brother)
John A. McFadyen (brother)

More information

Pfc Neil McFadyen attended college for four years before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Chicago, Illinois on 27 May 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com