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Personal info

Full name
MC GOVERN, Joseph Clark
Date of birth
17 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Hometown
Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35341081
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
A Battery,
453rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forrest in the vicinity of Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 65

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Mc Govern (father)
Hazel Mc Govern (mother)
Robert Mc Govern (brother)
Edward Mc Govern (brother)
Lawrence Mc Govern (brother)
Harry Mc Govern (brother)
Virginia Mc Govern (sister)
Ray Mc Govern (brother)

More information

Cpl Joseph C. Mc Govern worked in a metal factory before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 21 September 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet