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Personal info

Full name
MC CREARY, James William
Date of birth
18 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
34739104
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Honnef, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 11 4

Immediate family

Members
William E. Mc Creary (father)
Margaret (Graves) Mc Creary (mother)
Ethel (Blackburn) Mc Creary (stepmother)
Margaret A. Mc Creary (sister)

More information

Pvt James W. Mc Creary graduated from East Nashville High school and was an employee of the N.C. and St. L. Railway.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 6 July 1943. He was sent overseas in January 1944.

Pvt Mc Creary was stationed with Army General Headquarters in England for nine months. He was then sent to France where he received medical aid training.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Tennessean

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Steve Schmoldt