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Personal info

Full name
MCNEIL, Guy Rufus
Date of birth
10 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Caldwell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34921129
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bures, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 3 46

Immediate family

Members
Henry C. McNeil (father)
Myrtle C. (Jarvis) McNeil (mother)
Lakie V. McNeil (sister)
Woodroe H. McNeil (brother)
Henry C. McNeil Jr. (brother)
James T. McNeil (brother)
Lucy McNeil (wife)
Elizabeth McNeil (daughter)

More information

Pvt Guy R. Caldwell enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 17 December 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945
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