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Personal info

Full name
O'TOOLE, Bartholomew Dennis Jr "Bart"
Date of birth
1 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1011262
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
B Company,
8th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Delme, Chateau-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 17 13

Immediate family

Members
Bartholomew R. O’Toole (father)
Alice T. (Ready) O’Toole (mother)
Helen O’Toole (sister)
Donald O’Toole (brother)
Alice O’Toole (sister)
Paul O’Toole (brother)
Justin R. O’Toole (brother)
Vincent B. O’Toole (brother)
Patricia O’Toole (sister)
Robert H. O’Toole (brother)
John Kevin O’Toole (brother)
Robert Hugh O’Toole (brother)

More information

1st Lt Bartholomew D. O'Toole graduated from Loyola Academy in 1935 and from the University of Notre Dame in 1937. He was employed at Brown, Bennett & Johnson, Inc.

He joined the National Guard in February 1941 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

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

Lt O'Toole is remembered at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cook County, Illinois.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Campbell-Malone-McCahill-Bardon Family Tree / Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871 - 1922

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Bob & Sue, www.ancestry.com - nopdoppk, www.soldiersandsailors.us