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Personal info

Full name
MC DEVITT, Francis V
Date of birth
21 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Mohave County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39858091
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 15 9

Immediate family

Members
George Mc Devitt (father)
Della B. Mc Devitt (mother)
George Mc Devitt (brother)
Norene Mc Devitt (sister)
Theodore Mc Devitt (brother)
Thomas Mc Devitt (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Francis V. Mc Devitt enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 20 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/513/513_honor_kz.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet