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Personal info

Full name
O'NEILL, James J
Date of birth
1906
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Forest City, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33748977
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Creutzwald, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 8 55

Immediate family

Members
Silvester O’Neill (father)
Theresa O’Neill (mother)
Gladys O’Neill (wife)

More information

Pfc James J. O’Neill wned a gas station before he enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 9 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Pride Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO,

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