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MC LEAN, Aloysious James Jr - Date of
birth
11 July 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Illinois -
Hometown
Christian County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36042935 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Light Machine Gunner -
Unit
A Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
31 January 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Drzewica, Poland
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Aloysious J. Mc Lean (father)
Mary Mc Lean (mother)
Diane Mc Lean (sister)
Maureen Mc Lean (sister)
Pauline Mc Lean (sister)
More information
Aloysious Mc Lean attended high school for four years and worked on a farm.He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 21 July 1941.
He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Kijkuit and Castle Hattert, east of Overloon, the Netherlands on 4 October 1944.
Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - 1940 census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm - page 25-27