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Personal info

Full name
MCHALE, Paul J
Date of birth
21 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Hanover, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O2000078
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
In Hammelburg area, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 28 42

Immediate family

Members
William J. McHale (father)
Helen (Campbell) McHale (mother)
Marguerite McHale (sister)
William J. McHale (brother)
Pauline M. McHale (twin-sister)
Helen R. McHale (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Paul J. McHale was graduated from Hanover Township Memorial High School and Bloomsburg State Teachers College before he enlisted in Wilkes-Barre on 10 May 1941.


In October 1944 he received a battlefield promotion to Lieutenant and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroism. He was wounded on 15 November 1944 and was hospitalized in England until early in March 1945 when he rejoined his unit.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensaton Application Files WWII 1950-1966, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader The Evening News - 18 April 1945

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader The Evening News - 18 April 1945