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Personal info

Full name
MCCLOSKEY, William T
Date of birth
6 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Jessup, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Jessup, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33602794
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Norheim, Bad Münster, Oberhausen, Hockstalten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 54

Immediate family

Members
James L. McCloskey (father)
Annabel V. (Purcell) McCloskey (mother)
Mary McCloskey (sister)
Mildred McCloskey (sister)
Gene McCloskey (brother)
John McCloskey (brother)

More information

Pfc William T. McCloskey graduated from Jessup High School and attended the University of Scranton with the class of 1944.

He enlisted in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 5 April 1943 and was sent overseas in February 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, AAR 37th Tank Battalion Feb 45 - May 45

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Tribune - 28 March 1945