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Personal info

Full name
O'NEILL, Vincent A
Date of birth
18 February 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
6854253
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Pierrevillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 5

Immediate family

Members
Andrew V. O’Neill (father)
Catharine V. (Gallagher) O’Neill (mother)
Francis O’Neill (brother)
Marie O’Neill (sister)
Andrew O’Neill (brother)
William J. O’Neill (brother)
Joseph B. O’Neill (brother)
Lucy O’Neill (sister)
Catharine A. O’Neill (sister)
Aloysius R. O’Neill (brother

More information

Pfc Vincent A. O’Neill joined the Regular Army in Chicago, Illinois on 28 May 1941. He was sent overseas on 10 July 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Gough Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr, www.newspapers.com - Mount Carmel
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