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Personal info

Full name
MC NEIL, William Thomas
Date of birth
30 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11048365
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 8 21

Immediate family

Members
Thomas M. Mc Neil (father)
Margaret V. Mc Neil (mother)
Thomas McLellan (stepfather)
Agnes Mc Neil (sister)
Virginia E. (Stephens) Mc Neil (wife)

More information

T/5 William T. Mc Neil attended Northeastern University with the class of 1941 and was a nursery and landscaping laborer.

He volunteered for the US Army in Boston, Massachusetts on 24 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 / U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet