Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
MCNEIL, Logan Augusta
Date of birth
10 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Dawson, Terrell County, Georgia
Hometown
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34795744
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Fôret-de-Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 15 16

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. McNeil (father)
Penelope E. (Copeland) McNeil (mother)
Myrtle L. McNeil (sister)
Aletha E. L. (Fischer) McNeil (wife)

More information

Pvt Logan A. McNeil attended high school for four years and was a carpenter before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 5 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: -