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Personal info

Full name
MCNEILL, George Charles
Date of birth
28 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32357781
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Mannheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 34

Immediate family

Members
Charles McNeill (father)
Elizabeth McNeill (mother)
Rose M. McNeill (sister)
John McNeill (brother)
Grace J. McNeill (wife)

More information

Sgt George C. McNeill attended high school for two years and was a fireman before he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 22 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Grace McNeill, 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 / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com

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