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Personal info

Full name
MC ANALLY, Bernard Martin
Date of birth
23 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33582413
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
49th Armored Infantry Battalion,
8th Armored Division,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sint Odilienberg, Roerdalen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 9 23

Immediate family

Members
James F. Mc Anally (father)
Honorale N. (Meara) Mc Anally (mother)
Catherine Mc Anally (sister)
John Mc Anally (brother)
Edward Mc Anally (brother)
James Mc Anally (brother)
Joseph Mc Anally (brother)
Daniel Mc Anally (brother)

More information

Pfc Bernard M. Mc Anally graduated from West Philadelphia Catholic Boys High School in 1941.

He enlisted in February 1943 and overseas in November 1944.

Pfc Mc Anally was killed by land mines.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8th-armored.org, www.ancestry.com - 1920-1940 Census / McKeever Family Tree / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, West Catholic Preparatory High School Philadelphia Yearbook 1941