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Personal info

Full name
MC DOUGAL, William Thomas
Date of birth
7 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Hemingway, Williamsburg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Florence County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34128424
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
West of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 5

Immediate family

Members
William T. Mc Dougal (father)
Armanda Mc Dougal (mother)
Cassie Mc Dougal (sister)
Eva Mc Dougal (sister)
Carrie Mc Dougal (sister)
C. D. Mc Dougal (brother)
O. E. Mc Dougal (brother)
Leon Mc Dougal (brother)
W. C. Mc Dougal (brother)

More information

Pfc Mc Dougal enlisted on 17 July 1942 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He had been overseas since August 1944.

Source of information: Tom Verheijden, Carla Mans, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Florence Morning News 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/513/513_honor_kz.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten