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Personal info

Full name
MCKERNAN, Alfred Anthony
Date of birth
2 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32063132
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Near Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 6 18

Immediate family

Members
Harry J. McKernan (father)
Mary C. (Rice) McKernan (mother)
Florence C. McKernan (sister)
Marie McKernan (sister)
Leo J. McKernan (brother)
Harry McKernan (brother)
John A. McKernan (brother)
Patrick McKernan (brother)
Francis McKernan (brother)
Thomas J. McKernan (brother)
Sarah C. McKernan (sister)

More information

Pfc Alfred A. McKernan attended Snyder High School and was employed by the Metro Glass Co.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 14 March 1941. He arrived overseas in September 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest and neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / MacKiev Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Jersey Journal - 24 March 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Jersey Journal - 24 March 1945