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Personal info

Full name
MC NULTY, George Emmett Jr
Date of birth
15 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
19177819
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Bedburg-Hau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 24 5

Immediate family

Members
George E. Mc Nulty (father)
Mary Mc Nulty (mother)
Henry Mc Nulty (brother)

More information

T/5 George E. Mc Nulty, Jr graduated from South Pasadena High School in 1942. He attended college for one year.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Los Angeles, California on 1 December 1942.

He was wounded in action on 20 September 1944 and taken prisoner. He died in a German Hospital in Bedburg-Hau, Germany.

According to a German record, he was initially buried at the cemetery of Bedburg-Hau and disinterred by occupation forces on 19 March 1946.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archive.org, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.specialforcesroh.com, www.ancestry.com - Europe, Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees, 1939-1947, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, South Pasadena High School, 1941