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Personal info

Full name
MCCANN, Vincent William
Date of birth
27 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Dearborn County, Indiana
Hometown
Logan, Dearborn County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35244895
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Beaufort - Dillingen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 24

Immediate family

Members
John W. McCann (father)
Gertrude M. (Doyle) McCann (mother)
Terrence J. McCann (brother)
Mary C. McCann (sister)
Martha I. McCann (sister)
Owen T. McCann (brother)

More information

Pvt Vincent W. McCann attended Guilford High School for 3 years and worked on a farm. He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 9 March 1944.
Then he went to Camp Blanding, Florida for a 17 week intensive training.
On 4 August 1944 he went overseas.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Kathleen A. McCann Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Pattons Dawg