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Personal info

Full name
MCGINLEY, Hugh James Jr
Date of birth
9 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33626401
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 18 10

Immediate family

Members
Hugh J. McGinley Sr. (father)
Alice T. McGinley (mother)
Mary R. McGinley (sister)
James J. McGinley (brother)
Anna V. McGinley (sister)
Harry C. McGinley (brother)

More information

Sgt Hugh J. McGinley Jr. attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 28 May 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S