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Personal info

Full name
MC ALPIN, Virgil R "Mac"
Date of birth
1 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1698040
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Intelligence and Counter Intelligence Officer
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Gispersleben-Kerspleven, north of Erfurt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 5 5

Immediate family

Members
Joseph D. Mc Alpin (father)
Nettie (Doty) Mc Alpin (mother)
Ella M. (Keelin) Mc Alpin (wife)
David W. Mc Alpin (son)

More information

1st Lt Virgil R. Mc Alpin was a plumber.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 18 March 1941.

Before going overseas in the fall to Europe, Mc Alpin served 27 months in the South Pacific as an intelligence officer with the 164th Infantry. While there he contracted malaria and was returned to the States. He later took advanced training in intelligence work at Camp Hood, Texas and in November 1944 was sent overseas.

His son was born on 20 February 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.80thdivision.com, www.newspapers.com - The Vidette-Messenger

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / www.ancestry.com - ccangelsing 3