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Personal info

Full name
MC NEILL, Lionel Luke
Date of birth
11 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38651903
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
261st Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 19 5

Immediate family

Members
James V. Mc Neill (father)
Antoinette (Guthrie) Mc Neill (mother)

More information

Pfc Lionel L. Mc Neil enlisted in Camp Beauregard, Louisiana on 10 March 1944.

He died from wounds that he incurred near the Saar River.

Source of information: Desiree Dekker Storcken, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.65thdiv.com/lev1/kia.html, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Vallas Family Tree (Horace Vallas), WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Barbara Munson