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Personal info

Full name
MCLEAN, Vincent Roger
Date of birth
26 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31028029
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 7 13

Immediate family

Members
John G. McLean (father)
Louise A. (Martin) McLean (mother)
Norman G. McLean (brother)
Archibald T. McLean (brother)
John F. McLean (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Vincent R. McLean attended high school for four years and was employed at the Steeve's Drug Store before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 March 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / McLean Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery